Impact of home- and center- based physical training program on cardio-metabolic health and IGF-1 level in elderly women

BACKGROUND: Data in the literature concerning the effects of physical activity on lipid and IGF-1levels are controversial in postmenopausal women. The aim of the present study was to determine the combined effects of a 12 weeks home-based walking program aiming to achieve 10,000 steps daily and a center- based aerobic exercise training on functional capacity, some important cardio-metabolic parameters, IGF-1 level and psychological items among elderly female patients. Sixty female patients (67.4 ± 5 years) with moderate to high cardiovascular risk were randomly assigned either to an exercise training program for 12 weeks or to the control group.

RESULTS: Our organized training program resulted in a significantly improved daily physical activity (4232 [IQR: 3162-7219] to 8455 [IQR: 6757-11,488]; p < 0.001 ft-steps), functional capacity (MET) (8.17 ± 1.57 to 8.87 ± 1.76) (p = 0.002), metabolic status including total cholesterol (5.17 ± 1.13 to 4.77 ± 1.12 mmol/l), LDL cholesterol (3.37 ± 1.05 to 2.81 ± 0.98 mmol/l), triglyceride (1.68 ± 0.71 to 1.28 ± 0.71 mmol/l) and HgbA1c (6.24 ± 0.67 to 6.06 ± 0.58 mmol/l), as well as IGF-1 (59.68 ± 27.37 to 66.79 ± 22.74 ng/ml) levels (p < 0.05) in the training group. From psychological tests only physical functionality improved significantly (p = 0.03) in the training group. The training group significantly differed from the control group in four parameters including MET (p = 0.003), LDL-cholesterol (p = 0.046), triglyceride (p = 0.001) and IGF-1 levels (p < 0.001) after the intervention.

CONCLUSION: The applied home-, and- center based training program effectively increased the daily physical activity of the elderly female patients and improved several cardio-metabolic parameters. Further investigations are needed on larger patient population to establish our findings and examine how these positive changes may decrease CV events and mortality.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

Enthalten in:

European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity - 16(2019) vom: 01., Seite 13

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Praksch, Dora [VerfasserIn]
Sandor, Barbara [VerfasserIn]
Kovacs, David [VerfasserIn]
Petrovics, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Kovacs, Krisztina [VerfasserIn]
Toth, Kalman [VerfasserIn]
Szabados, Eszter [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cardio-metabolic health
Elderly female patients
IGF-1
Journal Article
Physical activity

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Date Revised 09.04.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s11556-019-0220-7

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM300279337