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J Appl Physiol 59: 559-563, 1985;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 59, Issue 2 559-563, Copyright © 1985 by American Physiological Society

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Plasma volume changes in middle-aged male and female subjects during marathon running

L. G. Myhre, G. H. Hartung, S. A. Nunneley and D. M. Tucker

Circulatory fluid shifts were studied in middle-aged runners (6 males and 5 females, ages 32-58 yr) during a 42.2-km marathon race run in mild weather (dry-bulb temperature = 17.5-20.4 degrees C). Running times for the subjects were 3:12-4:40 (mean values were 3:34 for males and 4:10 for females). Venous blood samples were taken without stasis in all subjects seated at rest before the start of the race and within 3 min of finishing; eight of the subjects also paused for samples at 6 and 27 km during the race. At 6 km, body weight loss averaged less than 1%, whereas plasma volume (PV) had decreased by 6.5% in male subjects and 8.6% in female subjects. By the end of the race, hypohydration had reached 3.2% in male subjects and 2.9% in female subjects, but PV in both groups remained stable. Sweat rates during the race averaged 545 and 429 g X m-2 X h-1 for male and female subjects, respectively, with ad lib. water intake replacing 21-72% of fluid loss. Increases in plasma protein concentration throughout the race reflected the observed initial decrease in PV. The interpretation of PV responses to exercise and/or hypohydration is critically dependent on selection of base-line conditions; we were able to control for posture-exercise effects by treating the early exercise (6 km) sample as the base line for examining the effects of later fluid loss. Under these conditions, the vascular compartment resisted volume depletion. The ability to maintain stable PV can be explained in part by relationships among oncotic and hydrostatic pressures in the intra- and extravascular fluid compartments.


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