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Beginning Exercise Routine Later in Life Still Reduces Heart Disease, Diabetes risk
Beginning Exercise Routine Later in Life Still Reduces Heart Disease, Diabetes risk -- Posted by Gumbo on 03-25-05 04:37
Beginning Exercise Routine Later in Life Still Reduces Heart Disease,
Diabetes risk
Beginning a regular exercise routine later in life appears to reduce risk
factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes, a study published in the
March issue of the journal Diabetes Care indicates. In the trial,
researchers compared two groups of previously sedentary healthy adults aged
55 to 75 years at the beginning of the study. After ten years, data were
available on 161 adults who underwent regular supervised physical training
and 136 subjects who remained sedentary. According to the outcomes, those in
the sedentary group showed a 13.8 percent decrease in fitness levels
compared with a 3.5 increase among the active group. Although the two groups
were similar at the beginning of the study, the authors found that the
sedentary group exhibited significantly more metabolic abnormalities at the
end of the study than the active group. Overall, 11 percent of subjects in
the exercise group and 28 percent of those in the active group had developed
a condition known as the metabolic syndrome, which is characterized by a
group of metabolic risk factors for developing heart disease and diabetes.
These risk factors include having excess fat in or around the abdomen, high
blood pressure and high levels of fat in the blood, which can lead to plaque
buildup in arteries. Those in the sedentary group were also significantly
more likely to experience cardiac abnormalities when exercising than the
active group (32 percent versus 10 percent). The authors noted that subjects
who exercised regularly were less likely to have comorbid diseases, meaning
they did not have conditions that frequently accompany heart disease or
diabetes. "[A]s the balance between cardiovascular disease risk and fitness
continues to widen with an aging, overweight and sedentary population,
research supporting promotion and adherence to exercise programs among those
at risk is critical," the study authors concluded.
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