Effects of Diet and/or Low-Intensity Resistance Exercise Training on Arterial Stiffness, Adiposity, and Lean Mass in Obese Postmenopausal Women | Zendy

Arturo Figueroa | Zendy; Florence Vicil | Zendy; Marcos A. SanchezGonzalez | Zendy; Alexei Wong | Zendy; Michael J. Ormsbee | Zendy; Shirin Hooshmand | Zendy; Bruce P. Daggy | Zendy

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Effects of Diet and/or Low-Intensity Resistance Exercise Training on Arterial Stiffness, Adiposity, and Lean Mass in Obese Postmenopausal Women

Author(s) -

Arturo Figueroa,

Florence Vicil,

Marcos A. SanchezGonzalez,

Alexei Wong,

Michael J. Ormsbee,

Shirin Hooshmand,

Bruce P. Daggy

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

american journal of hypertension

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009

H-Index - 136

eISSN - 1941-7225

pISSN - 0895-7061

DOI - 10.1093/ajh/hps050

Subject(s) - medicine , arterial stiffness , pulse wave velocity , endocrinology , lean body mass , blood pressure , insulin resistance , body mass index , adiponectin , adipokine , obesity , body weight

Obesity and aging are associated with increased arterial stiffness as indicated by an increased pulse-wave velocity (PWV). We evaluated the independent and combined effects on PWV and body composition of a hypocaloric diet and low-intensity resistance exercise training (LIRET) with slow movement.

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