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Cardiovascular risk profiles of world masters games participants
- Source :
- The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness. 58
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Edizioni Minerva Medica, 2018.
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Abstract
- BACKGROUND Increasing evidence indicates adherence to exercise throughout life is concurrent with improved health. World masters games (WMG) have more participants than any other international sporting competition and is under investigated, particularly with regard to indices of cardiovascular disease risk. Therefore, we chose to investigate selected cardiovascular risk factors in WMG participants. METHODS This was a cross-sectional, observational study which utilized a web-based questionnaire to survey cardiovascular risk factors of WMG participants. The survey consisted of three sections: basic demographics, medical history and physiological parameters which included Body Mass Index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), resting blood pressure (BP) and lipids (total cholesterol [TC], high density lipoprotein [HDL] and low density lipoprotein [LDL]). RESULTS A total of 1435 participants, 872 male, aged 27-91 years (mean age 54.99 years) participated in the study. Key findings included significant differences (P
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Waist
Population
Blood Pressure
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Risk Assessment
01 natural sciences
Cohort Studies
03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
0302 clinical medicine
High-density lipoprotein
Risk Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Internal medicine
medicine
Humans
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
education
Aged
education.field_of_study
Anthropometry
Cholesterol
business.industry
Australia
030229 sport sciences
Middle Aged
Lipids
0104 chemical sciences
010404 medicinal & biomolecular chemistry
Cross-Sectional Studies
Blood pressure
chemistry
Athletes
Cardiovascular Diseases
Low-density lipoprotein
Cohort
Female
business
Body mass index
Sports
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18271928 and 00224707
- Volume :
- 58
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4705fe9f55cdef56554eb846d96534b7