Centre for the Youth Sport Research and Development, China Institute of Sport Science, Beijing, China.
PLoS One. 2013 Nov 8;8(11):e79758. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079758. eCollection 2013.
There is an increasing concern on cardiometabolic health in young professional athletes at heavy-weight class.
Our cross-sectional survey aimed to evaluate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and clustering of metabolic risk factors in a population of young and active professional athletes of strength sports in China.
From July 2006 to December 2008, a total of 131 male and 130 female athletes of strength sports were enrolled. We used two criteria provided by the Chinese Diabetes Society (2004) and the National Cholesterol Education Program's Adult Treatment Panel III (2002) to define the metabolic syndrome and its individual components, respectively.
Regardless of their similar ages (mean: 21 years) and exercise levels, athletes in the heaviest-weight-class with unlimited maximum body weight (UBW) boundaries (mean weight and BMI: 130 kg and 38 kg/m(2) for men, 110 kg and 37 kg/m(2) for women) had significantly higher prevalence of metabolic syndrome than did those in all other body-weight-class with limited body weight (LBW) boundaries (mean weight and BMI: 105 kg and 32 kg/m(2) for men, 70 kg and 26 kg/m(2) for women). Prevalence of metabolic syndrome using CDS criteria (UBW vs. LBW: 89% vs. 18% for men, 47% vs. 0% for women) and its individual components, including central obesity, hypertension, hypertriglyceridemia, low high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol levels, and impaired fasting glucose, were all significantly higher in athletes at the heaviest weight group with UBW than all other weight groups with LBW.
Our study suggests that professional athletes of strength sports at the heaviest-weight-class are at a significant increased risk of cardiometabolic disease compared with those at all other weight categories. The findings support the importance of developing and implementing the strategy of early screening, awareness, and interventions for weight-related health among young athletes.
超重级别的年轻职业运动员的心脏代谢健康问题日益受到关注。
我们的横断面调查旨在评估中国力量型运动年轻活跃的职业运动员人群中代谢综合征的患病率以及代谢危险因素的聚集情况。
2006 年 7 月至 2008 年 12 月，共纳入 131 名男性和 130 名女性力量型运动员。我们分别使用中国糖尿病学会（2004 年）和美国国家胆固醇教育计划成人治疗专家组第三版（2002 年）提供的两个标准来定义代谢综合征及其各个组分。
无论运动员的年龄（平均年龄 21 岁）和运动水平如何，在体重不受限制（UBW）的最重体重级别（男性平均体重和 BMI：130 公斤和 38 公斤/平方米，女性 110 公斤和 37 公斤/平方米）的运动员中，代谢综合征的患病率显著高于所有其他体重级别（LBW）的运动员（男性平均体重和 BMI：105 公斤和 32 公斤/平方米，女性 70 公斤和 26 公斤/平方米）。使用 CDS 标准（UBW 与 LBW：男性 89%比 18%，女性 47%比 0%）和其各个组分（包括中心性肥胖、高血压、高三酰甘油血症、低高密度脂蛋白胆固醇血症和空腹血糖受损），在最重体重组中 UBW 的运动员中的患病率均显著高于所有其他 LBW 体重组的运动员。
我们的研究表明，与其他所有体重级别相比，超重级别的力量型运动职业运动员患心脏代谢疾病的风险显著增加。这些发现支持了为年轻运动员制定和实施与体重相关的健康早期筛查、意识和干预策略的重要性。
