Table 1.
The “Berlin Beat of Running” study: Inclusion and exclusion criteria
| Inclusion criteria | |
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| · Preregistered participant of the 38th BMW BERLIN-MARATHON 2011 |
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| · Age ≥ 35 and ≤ 60 years |
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| · Marathon history: at least 2 marathon runs within the last 5 years |
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| · Amount of physical activity: running for at least 40 km per week |
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| · Sinus rhythm on the day of enrolment |
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Exclusion criteria | |
| · Known cardiac disease or cardiac arrhythmia |
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| · Known stroke or TIA, brain tumour or infectious disease affecting the brain |
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| · Contraindications for magnetic resonance imaging |
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| · Acute cerebral infarction or other clinical relevant pathological findings detected by brain magnetic resonance imaging before the marathon |
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| · Severe liver or kidney disease |
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| · Hyperthyroidism, pregnancy or lactation | |