title: Changes in blood pressure and serum cholesterol following exercise training in Nigerian hypertensive subjects.
abstract: The effect of exercise training on blood pressure (BP) and serum cholesterol level was studied in hypertensive Nigerians. Fifty-eight subjects aged 30-65 years completed the study. They exercised on a cycle ergometer at 70% maximum O2 consumption. The frequency of exercise increased from 1 x 30 min/week for 16 weeks to 3 x 30 min/week for 16 weeks. Overall, there was a significant decrease in systolic (S) BP from 161 mm Hg at the onset, to 148 mm Hg at the end of exercise training (P < 0.01). Also there was a significant decrease in diastolic (D) BP from 100 mm Hg to 95 mm Hg (P < 0.05). The younger hypertensives (30-50 years) had a better response than the older hypertensives (51-65 years). There was a slight decrease in total cholesterol and low density lipoprotein levels, but high density lipoprotein level increased from an onset value of 0.94 mmol/l to 1.38 mmol/l at the end of exercise training (P < 0.05). Thus exercise training decreased BP and increased high density lipoprotein in hypertensive Nigerians.
authors.affiliation: General Practice Clinic, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria.
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Iyawe
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Ighoroje
authors.forename: H O
authors.initials: HO
authors.lastname: Iyawe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D003971:Diastole; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria; D010806:Physical Education and Training; D013599:Systole
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol