Determinación de glucosa en deportistas de 14–18 años de la Federación Deportiva del Cañar, 2017

Abstract

Background: One of the key physiological substrates for energy development in humans is glucose, fulfills strategic functions in the metabolism and neurologic development. For sport, glycogen stores help to the correct muscular contracture of the individual, high reserves levels are linked to the late onset of fatigue; carbohydrate intake before and during exercise keeps the liver and basal glycogen levels at an optimum level. General objective: Determine the glucose levels in athletes of 14-18 years of the Sports Federation of Cañar, 2017. Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out; the universe and sample were constituted by 180 athletes from the Cañar province. The data were obtained through a form, these were tabulated in the SPSS 15.0 program, regarding the variables of age, sex, sports discipline and daily training time. Fasting glucose was considered within the biochemical parameters, which was determined by colorimetric method based on electro chemiluminescence in the Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso (H.V.C.M) laboratory.

Results: 69.5% of the sample are male and 30.5% female, the predominant age is 14 years (38.9%); the discipline most practiced by athletes is boxing (27.2%) and the time preferred by most of them is 2 hours a day (57.2%), 96.1% of individuals presented normal glucose values (70 -110mg / dl), leaving 3.9% representing hypoglycemic values.