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Resting Blood Pressure in Master Athletes: Immune from Hypertension?
Ageing is associated with decreased physical activity, obesity and increased risk of hypertension (HTN). Master athletes (MA) have either pursued a physically active lifestyle throughout their life or initiated exercise or sport later in life. We assessed resting blood pressure (BP) in male and fema...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10144796/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37104159 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sports11040085 |
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author | Climstein, Mike Walsh, Joe DeBeliso, Mark Heazlewood, Tim Sevene, Trish Del Vecchio, Luke Adams, Kent |
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description | Ageing is associated with decreased physical activity, obesity and increased risk of hypertension (HTN). Master athletes (MA) have either pursued a physically active lifestyle throughout their life or initiated exercise or sport later in life. We assessed resting blood pressure (BP) in male and female World Masters Games (WMG) athletes. This was a cross-sectional, observational study which utilized an online survey to assess the blood pressure (BP) and other physiological parameters. Results: a total of 2793 participants were involved in this study. Key findings included differences between genders with males reporting higher resting SBP (+9.4%, p < 0.001), resting DBP (+5.9%, p < 0.001) and mean arterial pressure (+6.2%, p < 0.001). Significant differences (p < 0.001) were also identified when comparing WMG athletes’ resting BP results (genders combined) to the general Australian population with WMG athletes having a lower SBP (p < 0.001, −8.4%) and DBP (p < 0.001, −3.6%). Additionally, 19.9% of males and 49.7% of female WMG participants were normotensive whereas 35.7% of the general Australian population were normotensive. Only 8.1% of the WMG athletes (genders combined) were found to be HTN compared to 17.2% in the general Australian population. These findings reflect a low prevalence of HTN in WMG participants and support our hypothesis of a low prevalence of HTN in an active, but aged cohort of MA. |
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spelling | pubmed-101447962023-04-29 Resting Blood Pressure in Master Athletes: Immune from Hypertension? Climstein, Mike Walsh, Joe DeBeliso, Mark Heazlewood, Tim Sevene, Trish Del Vecchio, Luke Adams, Kent Sports (Basel) Article Ageing is associated with decreased physical activity, obesity and increased risk of hypertension (HTN). Master athletes (MA) have either pursued a physically active lifestyle throughout their life or initiated exercise or sport later in life. We assessed resting blood pressure (BP) in male and female World Masters Games (WMG) athletes. This was a cross-sectional, observational study which utilized an online survey to assess the blood pressure (BP) and other physiological parameters. Results: a total of 2793 participants were involved in this study. Key findings included differences between genders with males reporting higher resting SBP (+9.4%, p < 0.001), resting DBP (+5.9%, p < 0.001) and mean arterial pressure (+6.2%, p < 0.001). Significant differences (p < 0.001) were also identified when comparing WMG athletes’ resting BP results (genders combined) to the general Australian population with WMG athletes having a lower SBP (p < 0.001, −8.4%) and DBP (p < 0.001, −3.6%). Additionally, 19.9% of males and 49.7% of female WMG participants were normotensive whereas 35.7% of the general Australian population were normotensive. Only 8.1% of the WMG athletes (genders combined) were found to be HTN compared to 17.2% in the general Australian population. These findings reflect a low prevalence of HTN in WMG participants and support our hypothesis of a low prevalence of HTN in an active, but aged cohort of MA. MDPI 2023-04-18 /pmc/articles/PMC10144796/ /pubmed/37104159 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sports11040085 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Climstein, Mike Walsh, Joe DeBeliso, Mark Heazlewood, Tim Sevene, Trish Del Vecchio, Luke Adams, Kent Resting Blood Pressure in Master Athletes: Immune from Hypertension? |
title | Resting Blood Pressure in Master Athletes: Immune from Hypertension? |
title_full | Resting Blood Pressure in Master Athletes: Immune from Hypertension? |
title_fullStr | Resting Blood Pressure in Master Athletes: Immune from Hypertension? |
title_full_unstemmed | Resting Blood Pressure in Master Athletes: Immune from Hypertension? |
title_short | Resting Blood Pressure in Master Athletes: Immune from Hypertension? |
title_sort | resting blood pressure in master athletes: immune from hypertension? |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10144796/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37104159 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sports11040085 |
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