Plasma Nucleotide Dynamics during Exercise and Recovery in Highly Trained Athletes and Recreationally Active Individuals
Table 1
Basic characteristics of the athletic groups and controls.
Sprinters (n=11)
Futsal players (n=14)
Endurance athletes (n=16)
Control group (n=12)
ANOVA
Age (yr)
24.2±3.2
24.7±3.9
23.4±3.6
27.7±4.1†
0.03
Training experience (yr)
8.5±2.5
9.8±3.3
8.7±1.9
-
0.38
Height (cm)
186.2±4.6
181.7±5.6
181.8±6.1
180.4±5.6
0.09
Body mass (kg)
81.6±5.5†
77.0±6.7
73.4±7.2
76.7±7.7
0.03
BMI (kg/m2)
23.5±1.0
23.4±2.2
22.2±2.1
23.7±2.6
0.24
Total-body SMM (kg)
39.1±3.7
33.8±3.0
32.4±3.2
33.1±3.1
<0.001
Total Tissue Fat (%)
12.56 ±2.22
17.46±2.67
15.72 ±2.44
18.32 ±3.77
<0.001
(mmol·l−1)
1.4±0.6
1.4±0.4
1.2±0.3
1.4±0.3
0.36
(mmol·l−1)
11.0±1.4
11.4±2.0
11.6±1.9
10.1±1.1
0.15
(beats·min−1)
188±10
187±10
192±9
187±8
0.40
VO2max (ml·kg−1·min−1)
53.27±3.63‡
56.66±2.62‡
66.86±4.98
56.34±2.70‡
<0.001
VO2max (ml·kg SMM−1·min−1)
111.54±8.83‡
129.44±8.97
151.65±13.49
130.46±7.04
<0.001
RBC (1012·l−1)
5.11±0.29
4.91±0.25
4.81±0.43
4.92±0.14
0.12
Hb (mmol·l−1)
8.94±0.56
8.84±0.4
9.05±0.52
9.10±0.44
0.52
Hct (l·l−1)
0.42±0.03
0.42±0.02
0.42±0.03
0.42±0.02
0.59
MCV (fl)
83.16±2.19†
85.02±1.76
87.25±4.10
86.40±2.82
0.006
MCH (fmol)
1.75±0.04‡
1.80±0.04†
1.89±0.10
1.85±0.06
<0.001
MCHC (mmol·l−1)
20.93±0.29
21.24±0.40
21.66±0.62
21.54±0.64
0.07
RDW (%)
11.67±0.69
11.70±0.40
11.58±0.58
11.51±0.52
0.82
One-way ANOVA. Values are means ± SD. ,, significantly different from endurance athletes, ,, significantly different from sprinters. Abbreviations. BMI: body mass index; SMM: skeletal muscle mass; : resting lactate concentration; : maximal lactate concentration; : maximal heart rate; VO2max: maximal oxygen uptake; RBC: red blood cell; MCV: mean cell volume; MCH: mean cell hemoglobin; MCHC: mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; RDW: red blood cell distribution width.
