title: Paraoxonase activity following exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation program.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The effect of gender on paraoxonase activity was determined in 37 ischemic heart disease patients who underwent a 12-week aerobic exercise training program.
  
  
  METHODS
  Paraoxonase activity was measured by its arylesterase activity (spectrophotometrically, at 250 degrees C, wavelength 270 nm).
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 16.7% increase in paraoxonase activity was found following the 12-week exercise program. In addition, there was a significant gender effect with higher mean paraoxonase levels among women during both preexercise (20.8%) and postexercise (24.2%) testing.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Aerobic exercise training was found to be an effective means in inducing plasma levels elevation of the antioxidative, antiatherogenic paraoxonase in patients with coronary artery disease, and particularly in female patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Bnai-Zion Medical Center, Technion, Haifa, Israel. egoldh@netvision.net.il
authors.forename: Ehud
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Goldhammer
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ben-Sira
authors.forename: Ghassan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zaid
authors.forename: Yael
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Biniamini
authors.forename: Irit
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Maor
authors.forename: Amos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lanir
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sagiv
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D043303:Aryldialkylphosphatase / Q000097:blood*; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000032:analysis; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000097:blood* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D014280:Triglycerides; D002097:C-Reactive Protein; D002784:Cholesterol; D043303:Aryldialkylphosphatase