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ArticleOxidative medicine and cellular longevity2019

Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Haematological Indexes of Inflammation in Paralympic Athletes with Different Motor Impairments.

Marco Bernardi, Anna Lucia Fedullo, Barbara Di Giacinto, Maria Rosaria Squeo, Paola Aiello, Donatella Dante, Silvio Romano, Ludovico Magaudda, Ilaria Peluso, Maura Palmery and 1 more

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Article in Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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Marco BernardiDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology "V. Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1593-475X
Anna Lucia FedulloFederazione Italiana Pallacanestro In Carrozzina (FIPIC), Rome, Italy.
Barbara Di GiacintoInstitute of Sport Medicine and Science, Sport e Salute, Rome, Italy.
Maria Rosaria SqueoInstitute of Sport Medicine and Science, Sport e Salute, Rome, Italy.
Paola AielloDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology "V. Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
Donatella DanteDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology "V. Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
Silvio RomanoDepartment of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3520-4786
Ludovico MagauddaSport Medicine Unit AOU "G. Martino", BIOMORF Department University of Messina, Italy.
Ilaria PelusoResearch Centre for Food and Nutrition, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA-AN), Rome, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6210-5241
Maura PalmeryDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology "V. Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0878-807X
Antonio SpataroInstitute of Sport Medicine and Science, Sport e Salute, Rome, Italy.
Federazione Medico Sportiva Italiana · ITSapienza University of Rome · ITCereal Research Centre · ITUniversity of L'Aquila · ITUniversity of Messina · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Haematological indexes of both inflammation and platelet activation have been suggested as predictive markers of cardiovascular disease (CVD), which has high prevalence in Paralympic athletes (PA). Different mechanisms could play a role in increasing CVD risk in PA with spinal cord injury (PA-SCI), lower limb amputation (PA-LLA), or upper limb impairment (PA-ULI). We compared, in 4 groups of PA competing in power, intermittent (mixed metabolism), and endurance sports, Framingham Risk Score (FRS), metabolic syndrome criteria (MetS-C), inflammation (INFLA) Score, 5 haematological indexes of platelet activation (mean platelet volume (MPV), platelet distribution width (PDW), and the ratios between MPV and platelet (MPVPR), between MPV and lymphocyte (MPVLR), and between PDW and lymphocyte (PDWLR)) and the endogenous antioxidants uric acid (UA) and bilirubin (BR). A retrospective chart review of PA from preparticipation examinations' records (London 2012 and Sochi 2014 Paralympics) was performed. We included 25 PA-SCI (13 with high and 12 with low lesion, PA-SCI-H and PA-SCI-L), 15 PA-LLA, and 10 PA-ULI. FRS and INFLA Score did not differ among groups, but PA-SCI-H had lower HDL, compared to PA-SCI-L and PA-ULI. PA-LLA had more MetS diagnostic criteria with significant higher glucose levels than other groups. PA-SCI-H had significantly lower lymphocytes' count compared to PA-LLA and higher MPV, PDW, MPVPR, MPVLR, and PDWLR. SCI-H had lower BR, haemoglobin, haematocrit, proteins, and creatinine. No interaction was found between the 3 kinds of sitting sports and the 2 groups of health conditions (PA-SCI and PA-LLA). In conclusion, PA-LLA had a higher cardiometabolic risk, whereas PA-SCI-H had a higher platelet-derived cardiovascular risk. Further larger studies are needed to investigate the relationship between indexes of inflammation/oxidation and dietary habit, body composition, and physical fitness/performance in PA with motor impairments.

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AdultBiomarkersCardiovascular DiseasesHumansInflammationInflammation MediatorsMaleMean Platelet VolumeMetabolic SyndromeMotor DisordersPara-AthletesPlatelet ActivationRetrospective StudiesBiomarkersInflammation Mediators

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