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Weight loss increases carotid artery distensibility at operating pressures in healthy obese men, likely due to decreased blood pressure, while the addition of exercise provides no additional arterial compliance benefits over three months. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

December 1, 1999Journal of Hypertension

The diet-and-exercise group did not differ statistically from the only-diet group in the effects on weight loss, blood pressure, and arterial compliance.

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Why the study?

Does the addition of exercise to an energy-restricted diet improve large artery compliance in healthy obese men?

Population

Healthy obese men

Comparison

Energy-restricted diet plus an exercise… vs Energy-restricted diet only for 3 months

Design

RCT, Pair-matched randomized

Follow-up

3 months

Authors

EBElisabeth J. Balkestein DADorien P. van Aggel‐Leijssen MBMarleen A. van Baak

Discussion

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Overview

Exercise adds no incremental benefit on arterial compliance beyond diet alone; challenges assumptions of synergistic lifestyle effects in obese men.

Structured PICO

Does the addition of exercise to an energy-restricted diet improve large artery compliance in healthy obese men?

Population

Healthy obese men

Intervention

Energy-restricted diet plus an exercise programme for 3 months

Comparator

Energy-restricted diet only for 3 months

Outcome

Vessel wall properties (compliance and distensibility) of the brachial and common carotid arterysurrogate

Weight loss via an energy-restricted diet improves carotid artery distensibility in healthy obese men, but the addition of exercise for 3 months provides no additional benefit on arterial compliance.

Cite This Study

Balkestein et al. (1999) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1e875a7f6e8bbb23690b7f https://doi.org/10.1097/00004872-199917121-00008

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December 1, 1999Journal of Hypertension

The diet-and-exercise group did not differ statistically from the only-diet group in the effects on weight loss, blood pressure, and arterial compliance.

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Why the study?

Does the addition of exercise to an energy-restricted diet improve large artery compliance in healthy obese men?

Population

Healthy obese men

Comparison

Energy-restricted diet plus an exercise… vs Energy-restricted diet only for 3 months

Design

RCT, Pair-matched randomized

Follow-up

3 months

Authors

EBElisabeth J. Balkestein DADorien P. van Aggel‐Leijssen MBMarleen A. van Baak

Discussion

Member takes

Overview

Exercise adds no incremental benefit on arterial compliance beyond diet alone; challenges assumptions of synergistic lifestyle effects in obese men.

Structured PICO

Does the addition of exercise to an energy-restricted diet improve large artery compliance in healthy obese men?

Population

Healthy obese men

Intervention

Energy-restricted diet plus an exercise programme for 3 months

Comparator

Energy-restricted diet only for 3 months

Outcome

Vessel wall properties (compliance and distensibility) of the brachial and common carotid arterysurrogate

Weight loss via an energy-restricted diet improves carotid artery distensibility in healthy obese men, but the addition of exercise for 3 months provides no additional benefit on arterial compliance.

Cite This Study

Balkestein et al. (1999) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1e875a7f6e8bbb23690b7f https://doi.org/10.1097/00004872-199917121-00008

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