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- Title
Relationship between ventilatory function and age in master athletes and a sedentary reference population.
- Authors
Degens, Hans; Maden-Wilkinson, Thomas; Ireland, Alex; Korhonen, Marko; Suominen, Harri; Heinonen, Ari; Radak, Zsolt; McPhee, Jamie; Rittweger, Jörn
- Abstract
Ageing is accompanied with a decline in respiratory function. It is hypothesised that this may be attenuated by high physical activity levels. We performed spirometry in master athletes (71 women; 84 men; 35-86 years) and sedentary people (39 women; 45 men; 24-82 years), and calculated the predicted lung age (PLA). The negative associations of age with forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV; 34 mL·year) and other ventilatory parameters were similar in controls and master athletes. FEV was 9 % higher ( P < 0.005) and PLA 15 % lower ( P = 0.013) in athletes than controls. There were no significant differences between endurance and power athletes and sedentary people in maximal inspiratory and expiratory pressure. Neither age-graded performance nor weekly training hours were significantly related to lung age. Life-long exercise does not appear to attenuate the age-related decrease in ventilatory function. The better respiratory function in master athletes than age-matched sedentary people might be due to self-selection and attrition bias.
- Subjects
ARTIFICIAL respiration; AGING; SEDENTARY behavior; ATHLETES; PULMONARY function tests; PHYSICAL activity; SPIROMETRY
- Publication
Age, 2013, Vol 35, Issue 3, p1007
- ISSN
0161-9152
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11357-012-9409-7