Effect of Aerobic Training on Overall Metabolic Risk and the Atherogenic Non-High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels in Tabriz Sedentary Males by Controlling the Effect of Nutrition

Patients with metabolic syndrome are more prone to elevated cholesterol, hypertension, and coronary diseases. Determining synchronized effects of aerobic training on both overall metabolic risk and also NON0HDL-c levels, as a valid, easily available, and cheap index of athrogenic events, in patients with metabolic syndrome is of practical interest in clinical settings.
The present study was conducted following an experimental method with pretest and post-test. A total of 30 sedentary volunteer patients with metabolic syndrome from Tabriz (Age: 55.5±16.2 years and BMI: 30.09±2.5 kg/m2) randomized into experimental (Ex, n=15) and control (n=15) groups after blood sampling and daily measurements of CHO, protein, lipid, and total calories using N4 software. Participants in the experimental group took part in eight weeks of aerobic training at moderate intensity and the measurements were renewed following the intervention period. The data were analyzed using paired samples t-test, ANCOVA for repeated measurements, independent t-test, and the kappa correlation coefficient.
No significant within-group change was observed in the amount of dietary CHO, protein, lipid, and total calories (P>0.05). In the experimental group, the majority of metabolic risk factors (Mean arterial blood pressure, fasting blood sugar, LDL, overall metabolic z score, and NON HDL-C) decreased and the amount of blood HDL-c elevated following the intervention (P Regular aerobic exercise has an efficient impact to decrease blood NON HDL-c levels and also overall metabolic z score which is of importance in reducing the risk of cardiac diseases.