title: Effect of mild aerobic exercise on serum lipids and apolipoproteins in patients with coronary artery disease.
abstract: The effects of mild aerobic exercise on serum lipids, apolipoproteins and lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) activity were examined in 11 male patients with coronary artery disease and 4 healthy male controls. The mild aerobic exercise program involved exercise intensity at 50% of maximal oxygen uptake, as determined from the blood lactate threshold, for 60 min periods 3 times per week for 10 weeks. Following mild aerobic exercise, serum levels of high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) were increased significantly from 50 +/- 7 mg/dl to 59 +/- 11 mg/dl (p less than 0.05) with a simultaneous increase in apolipoprotein A-I (apo A-I) in normal controls. The LCAT activity was significantly increased from 65 +/- 22 nmol/ml/hr to 99 +/- 30 nmol/ml/hr in normal controls (p less than 0.05). Furthermore, maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) was significantly increased in normal controls. In contrast, no significant changes were found in HDL-C, apo A-I, apo B, VO2max and body weight in patients with coronary artery disease. There was significant correlation between the initial HDL-C level and the change in HDL-C level following the exercise program in the combined group of normal controls and patients with coronary artery disease.
mesh_terms: D000332:Aerobiosis; D001053:Apolipoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000097:blood* / Q000628:therapy; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D001053:Apolipoproteins; D008055:Lipids; D008074:Lipoproteins