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Int J Sports Med 2005; 26(8): 638-644
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-830436
Physiology & Biochemistry

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No Association Between ACE I/D Polymorphism and Cardiovascular Hemodynamics During Exercise in Young Women

M. H. Roltsch1 , 2 , M. D. Brown1 , B. D. Hand1 , M. C. Kostek1 , D. A. Phares1 , A. Huberty3 , L. W. Douglass4 , R. E. Ferrell5 , J. M. Hagberg1
  • 1Department of Kinesiology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
  • 2Howard University Cancer Center, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA
  • 3Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
  • 4Biometrics Program, Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
  • 5Department of Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Accepted after revision: September 25, 2004

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22 December 2004 (online)

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Abstract

The ACE I/D polymorphism has been shown to interact with habitual physical activity levels in postmenopausal women to associate with submaximal and with maximal exercise hemodynamics. This investigation was designed to assess the potential relationships between ACE genotype and oxygen consumption (VO2), cardiac output (Q), stroke volume (SV), heart rate (HR), blood pressure (BP), total peripheral resistance (TPR), and arteriovenous oxygen difference ([a-v]O2 diff) during submaximal and maximal exercise in young sedentary and endurance-trained women. Seventy-seven 18 - 35-yr-old women underwent a maximal exercise test and a number of cardiac output tests on a treadmill using the acetylene rebreathing technique. ACE genotype was not significantly associated with VO2max (II 41.4 ± 1.2, ID 39.8 ± 0.9, DD 39.8 ± 1.1 ml/kg/min, p = ns) or maximal HR (II 191 ± 2, ID 191 ± 1, DD 193 ± 2 bpm, p = ns). In addition, systolic and diastolic BP, (a-v)O2 diff, TPR, SV, and Q during maximal exercise were not significantly associated with ACE genotype. During submaximal exercise, SBP, Q, SV, HR, TPR, and (a-v)O2 diff were not significantly associated with ACE genotype. However, the association between diastolic BP during submaximal exercise and ACE genotype approached significance (p = 0.08). In addition, there were no statistically significant interactions between ACE genotype and habitual physical activity (PA) levels for any of the submaximal or the maximal exercise hemodynamic variables. We conclude that the ACE I/D polymorphism was not associated, independently or interacting with habitual PA levels, submaximal, or maximal cardiovascular hemodynamics in young women.

Key words

Cardiac output - stoke volume - heart rate - maximal oxygen consumption - angiotensin converting enzyme

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