Do exercise-induced troponin I elevations above the 99th percentile predict mortality and cardiovascular events in older long-distance walkers?
Exercise-induced increases in troponin may not be a benign physiological response to exercise, but an early marker of future mortality and cardiovascular events.
Exercise-induced troponin I elevations above the 99th percentile after 30 to 55 km of walking independently predicted higher mortality and cardiovascular events in a cohort of older long-distance walkers. Exercise-induced increases in troponin may not be a benign physiological response to exercise, but an early marker of future mortality and cardiovascular events.
Aengevaeren et al. (Mon,) studied this question.