Population
23 teenage swimmers chosen for potential athletic success, along with their siblings and parents.
Design
Cross-sectional
Follow-up
2 years
Authors
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Supports familial determinants of CO2 ventilatory response; hypothesis-generating for youth endurance athlete identification and requires prospective validation.
Family factors are important determinants of ventilatory response to CO2, which may help identify young athletes likely to succeed in endurance events.
Saunders et al. (1976) studied this question.
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