Risk factors
Recognized risk factors include:
- athlete-related
- excessive drinking behavior
- weight gain during exercise
- low body weight
- female sex
- slow running or performance pace
- event inexperience
- use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents (can inhibit free water clearance during exercise- advised against use)
- event-related
- high availability of drinking fluids
- >4 hours exercise duration
- unusually hot environmental conditions
- extreme cold temperature
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