Aerobic exercise has beneficial impact on atherogenic index of plasma in sedentary overweigh and obese women
Abstrakt
Physical exercise (PE) decreased total body fat and even weight. Thirty seven sedentary, non-diabetic women (BMI median 34.8) were tested by 60 min supervised trainings, intensity at 65% of VO2max, modified by the clamp heart rate test.
Median of total training hours was 34 during 115 days (median). Statistically significant differences at start and the end of PE (p{0.05): Mass -3.6 (kg), BMI -1.7 (kg/m2), Waist -2.5 (cm), Fat% -2.5, VO2max 2.92 (L.min-1kg-1).
Correlation coefficients, Pearson's between Gaussian distributed variables and Spearman's (non-Gaussian distributed) statistically significant (p{0.05): IA and BMI, IA and Mass, IA and Waist, IA and Fat%, LDL and BMI, LDL and Mass, LDL and Fat%, LDL and Waist, IA and VO2max, LDL_C and VO2max. PE improves lipid profile towards production of antiatherogenic particles more likely due to changes in anthropometric parameters than in improvement of physical fitness.