[Effects of a structured exercise programme on cardiovascular risk programmes in post-menopausal women. CLIDERICA study].
OBJECTIVE
To analyse the influence of a physical exercise programme of strength/stamina on cardiovascular risk factors in low-risk post-menopausal women.


METHODS
Six-month randomised clinical trial with post-menopausal women.


METHODS
Three health centres in the autonomous community of Murcia, Spain.


METHODS
Sixty-three post-menopausal women aged 45 to 59 at low cardiovascular risk. INTERVENTIONS AND MAIN MEASUREMENTS: They were split into 2 groups: a) control: 23 people with no specific intervention, and b) 40 people with an intervention of strength/stamina exercise with protocol for in water and on land. At their initial and final visits, everyone in the 2 groups had anamnesis, physical examination, and general analyses, including Apo A, Apo B, insulin, serum creatinine, creatinine clearance, creatinine in urine, albuminuria, ultrasensitive PCR, and HOMA index.


RESULTS
The insulin levels increased in the control group by 2.02 mU/L and dropped in the experimental group by 0.13 mU/L (P=.021). At the start of the study, creatinine in the control group was 0.83+/-0.12 mg/dL; and at the end, 0.91+/-0.02 mg/dL. In the intervention group it was 0.84+/-0.12 mg/dL at the start and 0.90+/-0.13 mg/dL at the end (NS). Systolic blood pressure dropped in both groups, with a bigger drop in the exercise group (11.81 vs 0.17 mm Hg) (P=.0001). HDL-C values increased in the control group by 4.97 mg/dL; and in the experimental group, by 3.46 mg/dL (NS).


CONCLUSIONS
A controlled programme of strength/stamina physical exercise reduces the cardiovascular risk of post-menopausal women.
Saucedo Rodrigo
Pedro
P
Universidad Católica de Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
Abellán Alemán
José
J
Gómez Jara
Purificación
P
Leal Hernández
Mariano
M
Ortega Toro
Enrique
E
Colado
Juan Carlos
JC
Colado Sánchez
Juan Carlos
JC
Sáinz de Baranda Andújar
Pilar
P
D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017698:Postmenopause; D015397:Program Evaluation; D055070:Resistance Training; D012307:Risk Factors