Open AccessEffect of mild exercise on glycemic and bodyweight control in Japanese type 2 diabetes patients: A retrospective analysis
Author(s) -
Nakanishi Shuhei,
Iwamoto Masahiro,
Hirukawa Hidenori,
Shimoda Masashi,
Tatsumi Fuminori,
Kohara Kenji,
Obata Atsushi,
Okauchi Seizo,
Kinoshita Tomoe,
Sanada Junpei,
Fushimi Yoshiro,
Nishioka Momoyo,
Mizoguchi Akiko,
Kameyama Miyuki,
Mune Tomoatsu,
Kaku Kohei,
Kaneto Hideaki
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of diabetes investigation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.089
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 2040-1124
pISSN - 2040-1116
DOI - 10.1111/jdi.12832
Subject(s) - medicine , glycemic , glycated hemoglobin , hazard ratio , confidence interval , diabetes mellitus , type 2 diabetes , body mass index , metabolic control analysis , endocrinology
We retrospectively evaluated the effects of mild physical exercise (P) in a routine clinical setting on glycemic and bodyweight control in Japanese type 2 diabetes patients with and without individualized nutritional therapy (D). We analyzed 49 patients who participated in P that measured 2.5 metabolic equivalents and was held once every 2 weeks, compared with 83 non‐participant controls, followed over a period of approximately 1.6 years. With a Cox model, the adjusted hazard ratio for improved glycated hemoglobin by numerical count of P was 1.03 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.00–1.07; P = 0.025). Among four categories – with neither P nor D, only P, only D, and both P and D – the hazard ratios for reduced body mass index were 1.0, 0.87 (95% CI 0.46–1.67), 0.58 (95% CI 0.25–1.30) and 2.17 (95% CI 1.03–4.59), respectively. Even mild physical exercise contributed to glycemic control. The combination of P and D exerted beneficial effects on bodyweight control.