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- Title
Four weeks of residential rehabilitation improves exercise capacity and coronary risk in women with CVD.
- Authors
Crouse, Stephen F.; Berent, Robert; VonDuvillard, Serge P.; Schmid, Peter; Green, John S.
- Abstract
To characterize the benefits of exercise and lifestyle intervention on exercise capacity and CVD risk, 1321 women (age = 66 ± 11 yr, wt = 70 ± 13 kg, ht = 1.6 ± 0.07 m) with documented or high risk for CVD entered a four-week residential exercise and lifestyle intervention program at a rehabilitation facility in central Austria. Standard measurements at entry and after completion of the program included; fasting cholesterol (C), triglycerides (TG), HDL-C, LDL-C, C/HDL-C ratio, non-HDL-C, glucose (GLU), physical working capacity (PWC) and VO2peak test on a cycle ergometer, height, weight, body-mass index (BMI), systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) blood pressure. Therapy included supervised daily exercise (bike/walk, 60% intensity, at least 20 min duration), nutrition/diet prescription depending on individual needs, and pharmacologic intervention where indicated. Program participation significantly (ANOVA, p<0.0003) reduced C (-9%), TG (-7%), LDL-C (-10%), C/HDL-C (-9%), non-HDL-C (-11%) and GLU (-17%). PWC and VO2peak rose significantly 11% and 7%, respectively. These data show that beneficial changes in CVD risk factors and physical fitness can be produced in women with CVD by as little as four weeks of exercise and lifestyle intervention.
- Subjects
AUSTRIA; EXERCISE; LIFESTYLES; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases; DISEASES in women; WOMEN'S health; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
FASEB Journal, 2007, Vol 21, Issue 6, pA1068
- ISSN
0892-6638
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1096/fasebj.21.6.a1068