Tuesday 05, May 2009
Steroid testosterone tests unsuitable due to ethnic variations!
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Swiss studies with approval from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) have brought to light the fact that ethnic variations might cause testosterone doping tests in sport to be unsuitable. While some might raise questions over this, studies do reveal significant differences in testosterone levels in athletes from different geographical origins.
Examined at Lausanne, Switzerland, the results indeed reveal a unique but non specific basis to evidence the misuse of steroid testosterone is not appropriate for the purpose. The tests were performed on athletes from four major geographic origins which primarily included Hispanics, Caucasians, Africans and Asians.
From thaindian.com:
The current doping test in sport for the steroid testosterone is not suitable because of ethnic variations, a Swiss study has revealed.
The study was commissioned by FIFA and carried out among 171 players around the world. The study revealed “significant differences” in the so-called testosterone-epitestosterone ratio with which the use of synthetic testosterone is to be detected.
The official WADA benchmark of 4:1 was surpassed by Hispanics (5.8:1), Caucasians (5.7:1) and Africans (5.6:1) while Asians registered 3.8:1 in the tests after steroids were added to their urine samples.
Furthermore, as an alternative, it suggested that a biological passport could prove to be a better replacement for the current test methods for cases with suspicious levels of natural testosterone. However, it was also argued that different people release different levels of testosterone and so the studies would need stronger grounds to prove its findings.
Where the introduction of biological report was not entirely negated, Wilfred Schaenzer, the head of the doping lab in Cologne, Germany stated that the isotope test can still determine that the synthetic testosterone was added or not.
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