PMID- 34869775
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220428
IS  - 2356-7651 (Print)
IS  - 2314-6176 (Electronic)
IS  - 2314-6176 (Linking)
VI  - 2021
DP  - 2021
TI  - A Comparative Study of Hematological Parameters of Endurance Runners at Guna 
      Athletics Sport Club (3100 Meters above Sea Level) and Ethiopian Youth Sport 
      Academy (2400 Meters above Sea Level), Ethiopia.
PG  - 8415100
LID - 10.1155/2021/8415100 [doi]
LID - 8415100
AB  - INTRODUCTION: Endurance running performance is dependent upon hematological, 
      physiological, anthropometrical, diet, genetic, and training characteristics. 
      Increased oxygen transport and efficiency of tissue in extracting oxygen are the 
      major determinants to competitions that require endurance. Thus, altitude 
      training is often employed to increase blood oxygen-carrying capacity to improve 
      sea-level endurance performance. This study aimed to compare hematological 
      parameters of endurance runners' training at different clubs with different 
      altitudes (Guna Athletics Sport Club at Guna (3100 meter above sea level) and 
      Ethiopian Youth Sport Academy at Addis Ababa (2400 meter above sea level)). 
      METHODS: A comparative cross-sectional study was conducted at GASC and EYSA. Data 
      were collected from a total of 102 eligible study subjects (26 runners and 25 
      controls at Guna and 26 runners and 25 controls at Addis Ababa) from May to 
      October 2019. About 3 ml of the venous blood was drawn from the antecubital vein 
      by aseptic procedure and analyzed using a hematology analyzer (DIRUI BCC-3000B, 
      China). One-way ANOVA and independent-sample t-tests were used to compare means. 
      RESULT: Male runners in Guna had significantly higher hemoglobin (Hgb), mean 
      corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), 
      and white blood cell (WBC) count than male runners in Addis Ababa. Besides, 
      female runners in Guna had significantly higher MCH and MCHC than female runners 
      in Addis Ababa. However, there were no significant differences between Guna and 
      Addis Ababa runners in red blood cell (RBC) count, Hct, MCV, and platelet count 
      in both sexes, while Hgb and WBC count in females. CONCLUSION: Decisively, Guna 
      Athletics Sport Club endurance runners had significantly higher hematological 
      parameters than Ethiopian Youth Sport Academy endurance runners. This provides 
      invaluable information for coaches and sport physicians to monitor the 
      hematological profile and the health status of an athlete living and training at 
      different altitudes.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2021 Zelalem Tilahun Muche et al.
FAU - Tilahun Muche, Zelalem
AU  - Tilahun Muche Z
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6563-9302
AD  - Department of Medical Physiology, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor 
      University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia.
FAU - Haile Wondimu, Diresibachew
AU  - Haile Wondimu D
AD  - Department of Medical Physiology, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa 
      University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
FAU - Bayissa Midekssa, Milkessa
AU  - Bayissa Midekssa M
AD  - Department of Sport Science, Sport Science Academy, Haramaya University, 
      Haramaya, Ethiopia.
FAU - Chekol Abebe, Endeshaw
AU  - Chekol Abebe E
AD  - Department of Medical Biochemistry, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor 
      University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia.
FAU - Mengie Ayele, Teklie
AU  - Mengie Ayele T
AD  - Department of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, Debre 
      Tabor, Ethiopia.
FAU - Abebe Zewdie, Ediget
AU  - Abebe Zewdie E
AD  - Department of Medical Physiology, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor 
      University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20211124
PL  - United States
TA  - J Sports Med (Hindawi Publ Corp)
JT  - Journal of sports medicine (Hindawi Publishing Corporation)
JID - 101633176
PMC - PMC8635926
COIS- The authors declare no competing interests.
EDAT- 2021/12/07 06:00
MHDA- 2021/12/07 06:01
PMCR- 2021/11/24
CRDT- 2021/12/06 09:22
PHST- 2021/07/03 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/10/19 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2021/11/05 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/12/06 09:22 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/12/07 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/12/07 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2021/11/24 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1155/2021/8415100 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - J Sports Med (Hindawi Publ Corp). 2021 Nov 24;2021:8415100. doi: 
      10.1155/2021/8415100. eCollection 2021.