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| Coronary heart disease risk factors of vigorously active sexagenarians and septuagenarians | | Author(s) | Paul T Williams |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 46, no 2, February 1998 |
| Pages | pp 134-142 |
| Keywords | Heart disease ; Energy expenditure ; Blood pressure ; Athletics ; Older men ; Young elderly ; Over 70s ; Clinical surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Medical records were compared with running distance and performance of 175 septuagenarian, 935 sexagenarian, and 8672 younger male runners in the US National Runners Health Study. Older runners ran significantly more slowly than younger runners. Nonetheless, men aged 60 and over who ran further had significantly higher plasma high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol concentrations and significantly lower ratios of total cholesterol, plasma triglyceride concentrations, systolic and diastolic blood pressures, body mass indices, and waist circumferences. Better 10km race performance times were also associated with higher HDL-cholesterol levels and lower adiposity, blood pressure, triglycerides, and ratios of total cholesterol to HDL-cholesterol level. Septuagenarians who ran faster and further also had significantly higher HDL-cholesterol, lower ratios of total cholesterol to HDL-cholesterol, and slimmer waists. Age does not limit the potential for vigorous activity; and those in their 60s and 70s are expected to have reduced heart disease risk in proportion to their vigorous activity. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981117003 A |
| Classmark | CQH: BIA: BKL: HU: BC: BBA: BBK: 3G: 7T |
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