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Exercise, Lipids, and Lipoproteins in Older Adults: A Meta‐Analysis

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Kelley, George A., Kelley, Kristi S., Tran, Zung V.·2005·Preventive Cardiology

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The authors used the meta‐analytic approach to examine the effects of aerobic exercise on lipids and lipoproteins in adults 50 years of age and older. Twenty‐eight outcomes representing 1427 subjects (806 exercise, 621 control) were available for pooling. Random‐effects modeling yielded statistically significant improvements of 1.1%, 5.6%, 2.5%, and 7.1%, respectively, for total cholesterol (mean ± SEM in mg/dL, −3.3±1.7; 95% confidence interval [CI], −6.5 to −0.02; p=0.05), high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol (2.5±1.0; 95% CI, 0.7–4.4; p=0.01), low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol (−3.9±1.9; 95% CI, −7.7 to −0.08; p=0.05), ratio of total cholesterol to high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol (−0.8±0.2; 95% CI, −1.2 to −0.4; p<0.001), but not triglycerides (−7.0±3.6; 95% CI, −14.0 to 0.1; p=0.06). After conducting sensitivity analyses, only the improvements in high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol and the ratio of total cholesterol to high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol remained statistically significant (p<0.05 for both). It was concluded that aerobic exercise increases high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol and decreases the ratio of total cholesterol to high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol in older adults.

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Authors
Kelley, G. A., Kelley, K. S., & Tran, Z. V.
Affiliations
West Virginia University (US)
Venue
Preventive Cardiology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2005-09
Volume
8
Issue
4
Pages
206-214
ISSN
  • 1520-037X (ISSN-L)
  • 1751-7141
OpenAlex
W2009903068
Cited by
118
References
50
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1.00
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journal article
Language
en
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  • Preventive Cardiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL069802)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
Keywords
aerobic exercise, older adults, lipoproteins, cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, TC/HDL-C ratio, triglycerides, lipid profile, cardiovascular risk
MeSH terms
Female, Humans, Lipids, Lipoproteins, Cholesterol, HDL, Cholesterol, LDL, Male, Middle Aged, Exercise

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