Association between Trace Elements and Body Composition Parameters in Endurance Runners

Gema Barrientos, Javier Alves, Víctor Toro, María Concepción Robles, Diego Muñoz and Marcos Maynar
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Gema Barrientos: Department of Sport Science, Faculty of Education, Pontifical University of Salamanca, C/Henry Collet, 52-70, CP: 37007 Salamanca, Spain
Javier Alves: Department of Sport Science, Faculty of Education, Pontifical University of Salamanca, C/Henry Collet, 52-70, CP: 37007 Salamanca, Spain
Víctor Toro: Department of Physiology, Faculty of Sports Science Faculty, University of Extremadura, Avda de la Universidad, s/n CP: 10003 Cáceres, Spain
María Concepción Robles: Department of Physiology, Faculty of Sports Science Faculty, University of Extremadura, Avda de la Universidad, s/n CP: 10003 Cáceres, Spain
Diego Muñoz: Department of Physiology, Faculty of Sports Science Faculty, University of Extremadura, Avda de la Universidad, s/n CP: 10003 Cáceres, Spain
Marcos Maynar: Department of Physiology, Faculty of Sports Science Faculty, University of Extremadura, Avda de la Universidad, s/n CP: 10003 Cáceres, Spain

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 18, 1-15

Abstract: The aim of this study was to determine the possible correlations between essential and toxic trace elements of plasma with several anthropometric and body composition parameters and performance in endurance runners. Sixty-five high-level middle and long-distance runners (21 ± 3 years; 1.77 ± 0.05 m; 64.97 ± 7.36 kg; VO 2 max. 67.55 ± 4.11 mL/min/kg) participated in the present study. Abdominal, subscapular, iliac crest, triceps, front thigh and medial calf skinfold thicknesses and an incremental test until exhaustion were recorded. Body, fat, muscle and bone mass were estimated. Plasma trace elements were analyzed with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Correlations and simple linear regression were used to assess the relationship between trace elements and several variables. Different skinfolds, fat mass, muscle mass and bone mass correlated positively and negatively with trace elements such as copper, manganese, selenium, vanadium, zinc, lithium, rubidium, strontium, arsenic, beryllium and lead. Lithium was related with performance. In conclusion, endurance training causes changes in the body concentrations of several trace elements that trigger modifications in body composition that may be interesting, if confirmed in the future, for the control of metabolic diseases such as obesity.

Keywords: trace elements; skinfolds; fat mass; muscle mass; bone mass (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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