Impact of age on haematological markers pre- and post-marathon running

• Published in: Journal of sports sciences Vol. 33; no. 19; pp. 1988 - 1997
• Main Authors: Martin, Thomas G., Pata, Rachel W., D'Addario, Johanna, Yuknis, Lauren, Kingston, Rebecca, Feinn, Richard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Routledge 26.11.2015; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: abnormal laboratory values; Adult; Age; Age Factors; Aging - physiology; Athletes; Biomarkers; Biomarkers - blood; Blood Cell Count; Blood Urea Nitrogen; Calcium - blood; Carbon Dioxide - blood; Chlorides - blood; Creatine Kinase - blood; Creatinine - blood; distance running; Electrolytes - blood; Female; Hematologic Tests; Human performance; Humans; Isoenzymes - blood; Kinases; Male; Marathons; masters athlete; Middle Aged; muscle breakdown; Physical Endurance - physiology; Reference Values; Running - physiology; abnormal laboratory values; muscle breakdown; distance running; masters athlete

This study investigated whether haematological markers differ between young and masters marathon participants, running at similar performance levels. Nine young (31.89 ± 4.96 years) and eight masters (63.13 ± 4.61 years) runners participated. At five time points (pre-race through 54 h post-race), a...