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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4 Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-11-23
pubmed:abstractText
Our aim was to determine if women who regularly perform endurance exercise demonstrate age-related elevations in body mass and adiposity. Ninety-five healthy females were studied: premenopausal (n = 28; mean +/- SE age 30 +/- 1 yr) and postmenopausal (n = 31; 56 +/- 1 yr) endurance-trained runners and premenopausal (n = 17; 29 +/- 1 yr) and postmenopausal (n = 19; 61 +/- 1 yr) sedentary controls. In the runners, body mass did not differ across age, but percent fat and fat mass were higher (P < 0.05) in the postmenopausal women. The age-related difference in total body fat, however, was only approximately 50% as great (P < 0.01) as that observed in the sedentary controls due in part to smaller age-related differences in central (truncal) fat. The higher fat mass in the postmenopausal runners was modestly (inversely) related to both exercise volume (r = -0.44, P < 0.01) and maximal oxygen consumption (r = -0.41, P < 0.01). The present findings provide experimental support for the hypothesis that women who regularly engage in vigorous endurance exercise may not gain body weight, undergo only a modest increase in total body fat, and do not demonstrate a significant elevation in central adiposity with age.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0002-9513
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
275
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
E626-34
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Smaller differences in total and regional adiposity with age in women who regularly perform endurance exercise.
pubmed:affiliation
Human Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, Center for Physical Activity, Disease Prevention and Aging, Department of Kinesiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.