Table 1 Group characteristics in young football players (YF), young controls (YC), elderly team handball players (EH) and elderly controls (EC).
From: Football and team handball training postpone cellular aging in women
YF (n = 29) | YC (n = 30) | EH (n = 35) | EC (n = 35) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 22.5 ± 0.6 | 24.9 ± 0.4§§ | 63.9 ± 0.7 | 66.1 ± 0.6† | ||||||||||||
Exercise/fitness | ||||||||||||||||
All exercise (h/week) | 9.0 ± 0.4### | 0.1 ± 0.0 | 4.7 ± 0.5*** | 0.2 ± 0.1 | ||||||||||||
Team handball/football (h/week) | 6.7 ± 0.2 | – | 2.0 ± 0.1 | – | ||||||||||||
VO2max (ml/min/kg) | 45.3 ± 1.0### | 35.7 ± 0.9 | 30.2 ± 1.2*** | 23.1 ± 0.8 | ||||||||||||
Body composition | ||||||||||||||||
Body mass (kg) | 65.8 ± 1.6 | 64.3 ± 2.3 | 69.2 ± 1.5 | 70.5 ± 1.9 | ||||||||||||
Total body fat (%) | 26.3 ± 0.8 | 33.5 ± 1.1§§§ | 34.4 ± 1.4 | 41.1 ± 1.0††† | ||||||||||||
Android fat (%) | 20.8 ± 1.2 | 30.6 ± 2.0§§§ | 34.6 ± 2.3 | 44.1 ± 1.8†† | ||||||||||||
Gynoid fat (%) | 30.7 ± 0.9 | 38.3 ± 0.9§§§ | 37.2 ± 1.2 | 43.3 ± 0.8††† | ||||||||||||
A/G ratio | 0.7 ± 0.0 | 0.8 ± 0.0§ | 0.9 ± 0.0 | 1.0 ± 0.0 | ||||||||||||
Total lean mass (kg) | 46.3 ± 0.9### | 40.5 ± 1.0 | 43.4 ± 0.6*** | 39.8 ± 0.7 | ||||||||||||
Leg lean mass (kg) | 16.7 ± 0.4### | 14.4 ± 0.4 | 15.0 ± 0.3** | 13.8 ± 0.3 | ||||||||||||
Telomere length (kb) | ||||||||||||||||
MNC | 5.12 ± 0.33# | 4.21 ± 0.19 | 3.16 ± 0.16 | 3.08 ± 0.17 | ||||||||||||
Lymphocytes | 5.67 ± 0.45# | 4.59 ± 0.24 | 3.40 ± 0.18 | 3.25 ± 0.16 | ||||||||||||
Monocytes | 4.47 ± 0.33 | 4.25 ± 0.18 | 3.16 ± 0.19 | 2.91 ± 0.13 | ||||||||||||
mtDNA copy number | ||||||||||||||||
MNC | 962 ± 49# | 801 ± 38 | 976 ± 51 | 1061 ± 56 | ||||||||||||
Lymphocytes | 853 ± 39# | 715 ± 36 | 891 ± 48 | 1032 ± 65† | ||||||||||||
Monocytes | 386 ± 22 | 399 ± 21 | 468 ± 22 | 439 ± 19 | ||||||||||||
