Relationship between ventilatory function and age in master athletes and a sedentary reference population

Hans Degens; Thomas Mark Maden-Wilkinson; Alex Ireland; Marko T. Korhonen; Harri Suominen; Ari Heinonen; Zsolt Radak; Jamie S. McPhee; Jörn Rittweger

doi:10.1007/s11357-012-9409-7

Relationship between ventilatory function and age in master athletes and a sedentary reference population

Hans Degens^*, Thomas Mark Maden-Wilkinson, Alex Ireland, Marko T. Korhonen, Harri Suominen, Ari Heinonen, Zsolt Radak, Jamie S. McPhee, Jörn Rittweger

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Abstract

Ageing is accompanied with a decline in respiratory function. It is hypothesised that this may be attenuated by high physical activity levels. We performed spirometry in master athletes (71 women; 84 men; 35-86 years) and sedentary people (39 women; 45 men; 24-82 years), and calculated the predicted lung age (PLA). The negative associations of age with forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV₁; 34 mL·year^-1) and other ventilatory parameters were similar in controls and master athletes. FEV_1pred was 9 % higher (P < 0.005) and PLA 15 % lower (P = 0.013) in athletes than controls. There were no significant differences between endurance and power athletes and sedentary people in maximal inspiratory and expiratory pressure. Neither age-graded performance nor weekly training hours were significantly related to lung age. Life-long exercise does not appear to attenuate the age-related decrease in ventilatory function. The better respiratory function in master athletes than age-matched sedentary people might be due to self-selection and attrition bias.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1007-1015
Number of pages	9
Journal	Age
Volume	35
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11357-012-9409-7
Publication status	Published - 2013 Jun
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

FEV
Lung age
Mouth pressure
Peak expiratory flow
Physical activity
Physical exercise

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Ageing
Geriatrics and Gerontology

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