Residential Altitude Associates With Endurance but Not Muscle Power in Young Swiss Men
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0309865" target="_blank" >http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0309865</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2020.00860" target="_blank" >10.3389/fphys.2020.00860</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Residential Altitude Associates With Endurance but Not Muscle Power in Young Swiss Men
Original language description
INTRODUCTION: Physical fitness benefits health. However, there is a research gap on how physical fitness, particularly aerobic endurance capacity and muscle power, is influenced by residential altitude, blood parameters, weight, and other cofactors in a population living at low to moderate altitudes (300–2100 masl). MATERIALS AND METHODS: We explored how endurance and muscle power performance changes with residential altitude, Body Mass Index (BMI), hemoglobin and creatinine levels among 108,677 Swiss men aged 18–22 years (covering >90% of Swiss birth cohorts) conscripted to the Swiss Armed Forces between 2007 and 2012. The test battery included a blood test of about 65%, a physical evaluation of about 85%, and the BMI of all conscripts. RESULTS: Residential altitude was significantly associated with endurance (p < 0.001) but not with muscle power performance (p = 0.858) after adjusting for all available cofactors. Higher BMI showed the greatest negative association with both endurance and muscle power performance. For muscle power performance, the association with creatinine levels was significant. Elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) and hemoglobin levels were stronger contributors in explaining endurance than muscle power performance. CONCLUSION: We found a significant association between low to moderate residential altitude and aerobic endurance capacity even after adjustment for hemoglobin, creatinine, BMI and sociodemographic factors. Non-assessed factors such as vitamin D levels, air pollution, and lifestyle aspects may explain the presented remaining association partially and could also be associated with residential altitude. Monitoring the health and fitness of young people and their determinants is important and of practical concern for disease prevention and public health implications.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10103 - Statistics and probability
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Frontiers in physiology
ISSN
1664-042X
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
11
Issue of the periodical within the volume
23 July
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
9
Pages from-to
860
UT code for WoS article
000560078700001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85089224713