Longer Telomere Length in Elite Master Sprinters: Relationship to Performance and Body Composition

Longer Telomere Length in Elite Master Sprinters: Relationship to Performance and Body Composition

Abstract Emergent evidence suggests that the long-term healthy lifestyle of master athletes may attenuate aging. We compared telomere length (TL) of high-level master sprinters and non-athlete age-matched controls, and analyzed the relationships of TL with performance and body fat. Elite master spri...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of sports medicine 2017-12, Vol.38 (14), p.1111-1116
Hauptverfasser: Simoes, Herbert Gustavo, Sousa, Caio Victor, dos Santos Rosa, Thiago, da Silva Aguiar, Samuel, Deus, Lysleine Alves, Rosa, Erica Carine Campos Caldas, Amato, Angelica Amorim, Andrade, Rosangela Vieira
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Sprache:eng
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Athletes
Body composition
Body fat
Chromosomes
Genetics & Molecular Biology
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract Emergent evidence suggests that the long-term healthy lifestyle of master athletes may attenuate aging. We compared telomere length (TL) of high-level master sprinters and non-athlete age-matched controls, and analyzed the relationships of TL with performance and body fat. Elite master sprinters (n=11; aged 50.1±9.2yrs) and healthy untrained controls (n=10; aged 45.4±10.9yrs) had blood samples collected for biochemical and biomolecular analyses. Master sprinters had longer TL, lower body fat and BMI, and a better lipid profile than age-matched controls (p
ISSN:0172-4622
1439-3964
DOI:10.1055/s-0043-120345