Open AccessImmune response to exercise training and/or energy restriction in obese women
Author(s) -
David C. Nieman,
Sandra L. Nehlsen-Cannarella,
Dru A. Henson,
Alexander J. Koch,
D. E. Butterworth,
Omar R. Fagoaga,
Alan C. Utter
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1097/00005768-199805000-00006
Subject(s) - aerobic exercise , medicine , respiratory burst , immune system , body mass index , repeated measures design , statistical significance , weight loss , physiology , endocrinology , immunology , obesity , statistics , mathematics
The effect of exercise training (five 45-min walking sessions/wk at 60-75% maximum heart rate) and/or moderate energy restriction (4.19-5.44 MJ or 1,200-1,300 kcal x d(-1)) on innate and adaptive immunity (including mitogen-stimulated lymphocyte proliferation (MSLP), natural killer cell activity (NKCA), and monocyte and granulocyte phagocytosis and oxidative burst (MGPOB) was studied in obese women (N = 91, age 45.6 +/- 1.1 yr, body mass index 33.1 +/- 0.6 kg x m(-2)) randomized to one of four groups: control (C), exercise (E), diet (D), exercise, and diet (ED).