Does Body Composition Predict Running Time?

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03400761

Enrollment

13000

Registered

2018-01-17

Start date

1999-12-01

Completion date

2017-12-31

Last updated

2018-01-17

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Conditions

Body Composition, Running Performance

Brief summary

Several studies performed in elite endurance athletes have shown that running performance may be determined by a low fat mass in the overall population. The Course de l'Escalade occurs yearly during the first week-end of December. This race takes place in the city of Geneva. The distance of this race is 7.3 km for all men and elite women, and 4.8 km for non-elite women. During this race, measurement of body composition by biolelectrical impedance analyses (BIA) were performed in volunteer, between December 1999 and 2017. Hypothesis : We hypothesize that: 1. A low fat mass is associated with a slower running time, when adjusting for age, body weight, and habitual physical exercise. 2. An increase in fat mass over time increases running time over the years Objectives : 1. To evaluate whether total and regional body composition is associated with running time at the Course de l'Escalade. 2. To determine whether changes in body composition with progressive aging lead to changes in running time.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* All subjects who underwent a measurement of body composition by tetrapolar bioelectrical impedance analyses (BIA) at the Course de l'Escalade, a fun race occurring yearly in Geneva, between December 1999 and 2017.

Exclusion criteria

* Measurements of people \<18 years at the time of BIA measurement. * Measurements of people who did not perform or finish the race.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Association between total and regional body composition and running time at the Course de l'Escalade	One day per year between 1999 and 2017 (i.e. the day of the Course de l'escalade)	Body composition measured by bioelectrical impedance analyses. Running time timed.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Association between changes in body composition with progressive aging and changes in running time at the Course de l'Escalade	One day per year between 1999 and 2017 (i.e. the day of the Course de l'escalade)	Body composition measured by bioelectrical impedance analyses. Running time timed.

Outcome results