Exercise has a therapeutic effect on improving HDL/LDL balance and cholesterol levels in men and women. - GreenMedInfo Summary
Effects of diet and exercise in men and postmenopausal women with low levels of HDL cholesterol and high levels of LDL cholesterol.
N Engl J Med. 1998 Jul 2;339(1):12-20. PMID: 9647874
Stanford Center for Research in Disease Prevention, Stanford University School of Medicine, Calif, USA.
BACKGROUND: Guidelines established by the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) promote exercise and weight loss for the treatment of abnormal lipoprotein levels. Little is known, however, about the effects of exercise or the NCEP diet, which is moderately low in fat and cholesterol, in persons with lipoprotein levels that place them at high risk for coronary heart disease. METHODS: We studied plasma lipoprotein levels in 180 postmenopausal women, 45 through 64 years of age, and 197 men, 30 through 64 years of age, who had low high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels (