title: Lipid outcomes from supervised exercise interventions in healthy adults.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To meta-analyze lipid outcomes from supervised exercise interventions among healthy adults.
  
  
  METHODS
  Comprehensive search strategies identified trials testing supervised exercise interventions in samples of healthy adults. Data were coded and analyzed using random effects meta-analysis methods. Moderator analyses explored whether design, sample, or intervention characteristics were linked with lipid outcomes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Data were analyzed from 344 comparisons. The overall mean effect size for 2-group comparisons was 0.28, corresponding to reduced total cholesterol of 8.65 mg/dl. Study effect sizes were greater where participants were obese at baseline, and for interventions utilizing low-intensity exercise.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Supervised exercise interventions can improve lipid outcomes for healthy adults, with possible greater improvement for obese individuals, and through low-intensity exercise.
authors.affiliation: University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing, Columbia, MO, USA. RupparT@missouri.edu.
authors.forename: Todd M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Ruppar
authors.affiliation: University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing, Columbia, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Vicki S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Conn
authors.affiliation: University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing, Columbia, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Jo-Ana D
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Chase
authors.affiliation: University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing, Columbia, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Lorraine J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Phillips
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids