Korean Circ J.  1993 Jun;23(3):373-379. 10.4070/kcj.1993.23.3.373.

Cardiorespiratory response to maximal exercise loading in mild anemia

Abstract

BACKGROUND
Mild iron deficiency anemia is known to be asymptomatic in most of the cases. In view of this, we studied response of the mild anemics to the maximal exercise loading test to learn whether or not they respond similarly to the normals. METHODS: The maximal exercise loading tests by Bruce's protocol were carried out in 22 female asymptomatic anemics with hemoglobin level of between 10.0gm/dL and less than 12.0gm/dL, and the results were compared with those of 44 non-anemic matched controls with mean hemoglobin level of 13.1gm/dL. The ages in both groups were in their 30's to 40's, and even the anemics were otherwise normal clinically and on various laboratory tests. RESULTS: There were no significant difference between two groups in VO2 max, HR max, VCO2 max and VE max and their derivatives including VT/VC and VE/MVV. CONCLUSIONS: Our results indicate that in patients with mild iron deficiency anemia, the cardiorespiratory response to maximal exercise loading is not different from the normals, and suggest that oxygen transport to tissues is not affected even at maximal exercise. probably by adaptive compensatory mechanism.

Keyword

Anemia; Maximal oxygen uptake

MeSH Terms

Anemia*
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency
Female
Humans
Oxygen
Oxygen
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