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Cardiorespiratory fitness and telomere length: a systematic review
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length (TL). Studies were identified from searches in Cochrane Central, PubMed, Scopus, Sportdiscus, and
Web of Science databases through July 2019. Eligibility criteria included: cross-sectional, prospective, and
experimental study design; outcomes included TL; results expressed the relationship between cardiore spiratory fitness and TL; studies published in English, Portuguese, or Spanish. A total of 20 articles met the
inclusion criteria. Sixteen studies (80%) reported a significant relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness,
or training load, and TL. Better cardiorespiratory fitness or a large cardiorespiratory training load are
associated with an increase in TL. Although, TL was related to regular moderate-to-vigorous aerobic exercise
and cardiorespiratory fitness in older healthy humans, it was not related to cardiorespiratory fitness among
young subjects. There seems to be a positive and significant relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness
and TL, mainly among middle age and older people, which emphasizes the importance of cardiorespiratory
fitness for healthy ageing. Therefore, endurance exercise and better cardiorespiratory fitness may regulate
the TL in middle age and older adults, slowing the cellular ageing process.
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Aerobic fitness DNA Exercise Endurance Physical activity Running . Faculdade de Ciências Sociais
Citation
Marques, A., Gouveira, É. R., Peralta, M., Martins, J., Venturini, J., Henriques-Neto, D., & Sarmento, H. (2020). Cardiorespiratory fitness and telomere length: a systematic review. Journal of sports sciences, 38(14), 1690-1697. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2020.1754739
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Taylor and Francis