Key result
A 9-week low-high aerobic exercise program significantly decreased total cholesterol (p=0.000001) and triglyceride (p=0.0147) levels compared to baseline in young women with an intermediate risk of developing hypercholesterolemia.
Why the study?
Does a 9-week low-high aerobic exercise programme improve lipid profiles in young women with low or intermediate risk of hypercholesterolaemia?
Does a 9-week low-high aerobic exercise programme improve lipid profiles in young women with low or intermediate risk of hypercholesterolaemia?
p-value: p=0.000001
A 9-week aerobic exercise program significantly reduces total cholesterol and triglycerides in young women at intermediate risk for hypercholesterolemia.
May support aerobic exercise for lipids in intermediate-risk women; hypothesis-generating and requires RCTs before practice change.
Purpose Hypercholesterolaemia is a highly prevalent condition that has major health- and cost-related implications for the society. Aerobic-type exercise improves lipoprotein-lipid profiles, cardiorespiratory fitness and body composition in healthy young women. Thus, the aim of the study was to assess the impact of 9 weeks of low-high aerobic-type exercise on the lipid profile among young women. Methods On the basis of the lipid profile, 64 women (median age, 21.8 years; range, 19.0–24.7 years) were divided into two groups: with low (LRH) and intermediate (IRH) risk of developing hypercholesterolaemia. The participants completed a 9-week-long low-high aerobic exercise programme. Before and after the training programme, we determined the lipid profile: triglycerides (TG), total cholesterol (TC), lipoprotein cholesterol: HDL-C and LDL-C, and glucose levels. Selected cardiorespiratory fitness variables and body composition were also determined. Results It was found that aerobic-type fitness exercise in the IRH group caused statistically significant decreases in TC and TG levels in comparison with baseline values. Significant increase in maximum oxygen uptake and decrease in HDL-C in the LRH group were also observed. Conclusions Aerobic fitness exercises, a combination of two alternating styles, could influence the blood lipid profile by decreasing plasma TC and TG levels. In non-athlete women, physical activity may be a good tool to prevent cardiovascular diseases.
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Nowak et al. (2016) studied Hypercholesterolaemia risk (n=64). Low-high aerobic exercise program vs. Baseline (pre-training) was evaluated on Total cholesterol (TC) level in the intermediate risk (IRH) group (p=0.000001). A 9-week low-high aerobic exercise program significantly decreased total cholesterol (p=0.000001) and triglyceride (p=0.0147) levels compared to baseline in young women with an intermediate risk of developing hypercholesterolemia.
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