Open AccessHyponatremia among Runners in the Boston Marathon
Author(s) -
Christopher S. Almond,
Andrew Y. Shin,
Elizabeth B. Fortescue,
Rebekah Mannix,
David Wypij,
Bryce A. Binstadt,
Christine Duncan,
David P. Olson,
Ann E. Salerno,
Jane W. Newburger,
David S. Greenes
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa043901
Subject(s) - medicine , hyponatremia , odds ratio , body mass index , confidence interval , demography , sociology
Hyponatremia has emerged as an important cause of race-related death and life-threatening illness among marathon runners. We studied a cohort of marathon runners to estimate the incidence of hyponatremia and to identify the principal risk factors.
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