comparison of inflammatory factors involved in coronary artery disease (cad) in veteran football players and non-athletes

comparison of inflammatory factors involved in coronary artery disease (cad) in veteran football players and non-athletes

objective[s]: the purpose of this study was to compare the serum levels of these substances in veteran football players and non-athletes.

materials and methods: subjects of this study were 16 male non-chemical veterans that assigned into two control and experimental groups. athlete group were players of north khorasan veterans’ team of futsal that trained regularly in past six months. trainings of athlete group were three sessions per week that each session involved warm up, technical, tactical and fitness trainings and cooling down. non-athlete subjects had no regular trainings in past six months. after 12 hours fasting, serum levels of dependent variables were analyzed. independent t-test was used for computing the differences of dependent variables means between two groups.

result[s]: results showed that mean levels of homocysteine, fibrinogen and lpa were lower in experimental group compared to control group [p≤0.05]. there was no significant difference between two groups in crp mean levels [p>0.05]. conclusion[s]: generally, non-chemical veterans can prevent cardiac events through regular futsal trainings, because this type of trainings may lower levels of homocysteine, fibrinogen and lpa.