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- Title
Former male elite athletes have better metabolic health in late life than their controls.
- Authors
Laine, M. K.; Eriksson, J. G.; Kujala, U. M.; Kaprio, J.; Loo, B.‐M.; Sundvall, J.; Bäckmand, H. M.; Peltonen, M.; Jula, A.; Sarna, S.
- Abstract
Elite-class athletes have longer life expectancy and lower risk for chronic noncommunicable diseases possibly because of physically active and healthier lifestyle. In this study, we assessed former male Finnish elite-class athletes' ( n = 392) and their matched controls' ( n = 207) body composition, and risk for the metabolic syndrome ( MS) and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease ( NAFLD) in later life. Compared with the controls, the former athletes had lower body fat percentage (24.8% vs 26.0%, P = 0.021), lower risk for MS [odds ratio ( OR) 0.57, 95% confidence interval ( CI) 0.40-0.81], and NAFLD ( OR 0.61, 95% CI 0.42-0.88). High volume of current leisure-time physical activity ( LTPA) was associated with lower body fat percentage ( P for trend < 0.001). When current volume of LTPA increased 1 MET h/week, the risk of MS and NAFLD decreased ( OR 0.99, 95% CI 0.98-0.99 and OR 0.97, 95% CI 0.96-0.98, respectively). Although a career as an elite-class athlete during young adulthood may help to protect from developing metabolic syndrome, present exercise levels and volume of LTPA seem equally important as well.
- Subjects
FINLAND; ASPARTATE aminotransferase; BLOOD pressure; BLOOD sugar; BODY composition; C-reactive protein; CHI-squared test; CONFIDENCE intervals; FATTY liver; INSULIN; LIPIDS; PROBABILITY theory; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH funding; RETIREMENT; LOGISTIC regression analysis; METABOLIC syndrome; ALANINE aminotransferase; LIFESTYLES; ELITE athletes; DISEASE prevalence; CASE-control method; EXERCISE intensity; LEAN body mass; PHYSICAL activity; DATA analysis software; WAIST circumference; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ODDS ratio; ONE-way analysis of variance
- Publication
Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 2016, Vol 26, Issue 3, p284
- ISSN
0905-7188
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/sms.12442