Multicomponent exercise program improves blood lipid profile and antioxidant capacity in older women

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2010

Authors

Joana Carvalho (Author) FADEUP; Elisa Marques (Author) Other; Antonio Ascensao (Author) FADEUP; Jose Magalhaes (Author) FADEUP; Franklim Marques (Author) FFUP; Jorge Mota (Author) FADEUP

Journal

Title: Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Vol. 51

Pages: 1-5

ISSN: 0167-4943

Publisher: Elsevier

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Scientific classification

FOS: Medical and Health sciences > Clinical medicine

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-003-51A

DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2009.05.020

Abstract (EN): This study intended to determine the effect of multicomponent exercise on blood lipid profile and on antioxidant capacity in older women. Forty women aged 60-80 years participated in a supervised multicomponent exercise program. Plasma contents of total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), triglycerides (TG), apolipoprotein A-1 (Apo A-1) and apolipoprotein B (Apo B-100), total antioxidant status (TAS) and the enzymatic activities of glutathione reductase (GR) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) were evaluated before and after 8-month training. The multicomponent exercise program induced a significant decrease in TG, TC/HDL-C and Apo B/Apo A-1 and a significant increase in HDL-C and Apo A-1 (p < 0.05). There was a significant increase in plasma TAS as well as GR and GPx enzyme activities. The present data show that an 8-month supervised moderate-intensity multicomponent exercise program resulted in beneficial improvements of blood lipid profile that were accompanied by positive modulation of antioxidant capacity.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 5