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Moderate Exercise training improves cardiovascular, metabolic and emotional parameters of diabetic‐hypertensive patients
Author(s) -
Cunha Tatiana S,
Martinez Elaine Cristina Teodoro,
Miranda Vania Cristina Reis
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.23.1_supplement.955.3
Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , heart rate , glycated hemoglobin , anxiety , cardiology , diabetes mellitus , depression (economics) , diastole , type 2 diabetes , endocrinology , psychiatry , economics , macroeconomics
It is well known that the practice of regular physical exercise is a non pharmacological tool for prevention and treatment of DM2. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of moderate exercise on cardiovascular and metabolic parameters and on the level of anxiety and depression in patients with DM2 and hypertension. Blood pressure, heart rate, blood biochemical parameters and level of anxiety and depression were evaluated in diabetic‐hypertensive patients (n=15), before and after an exercise program (walking, 50‐70% maximum heart rate, 12 wks, 3x/wk, 1 hour/day). At the end of the experimental period, there was a reduction on systolic (123±2.9 vs. 140±5.0 mmHg) and diastolic (75±2.1 vs. 84±2.8 mmHg) blood pressure, with no change on heart rate (76±2.2 vs. 82±3.4 bpm). Exercise reduced blood glucose (121±9.9 vs. 161±16.2 mg/dl), tryglicerides (134±13.4 vs. 236±38.9 mg/dL) e total cholesterol (177±6.2 vs. 222±22.0 mg/dl), with no changes on HDL (43±10.4 vs. 36±4.6 mg/dL), LDL (125±14.9 vs. 146±30.2 mg/dL), VLDL (28±7.8 vs. 42±11.6 mg/dL) and glycated hemoglobin (7.3±0,6 vs. 8.3±1.1 %). It was also observed a reduction on the level of anxiety (3.8±0.7 vs. 7.7±1.4 points) and depression (4.4±0.9 vs. 8.8±1.6 points). Results show that the practice of moderate exercise improves cardiovascular, metabolic and emotional parameters of diabetic‐hypertensive patients. It is important to highlight that the association between physical exercise and diet must also be considered on the treatment of patients with DM2, a strategy that can improve parameters that were not changed in this study.