Kathy D Wright1, Laura Moore-Schiltz, Abdus Sattar, Richard Josephson, Shirley M Moore. 1. Kathy D. Wright, PhD, RN, GCNS-BC, PMHCNS-BC Assistant Professor, Chief Diversity Officer College of Nursing, Discovery Theme Traumatic Brain, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Laura Moore-Schiltz, PhD, RDN, LD Consultant, Moore-Schiltz Consulting. Abdus Sattar, PhD Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. Richard Josephson, MD, FACC, FAHA, FACP, FAACVPR Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, and Director of Cardiac Intensive Care and of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute, University Hospitals Health System, Cleveland, Ohio. Shirley M. Moore, PhD, RN, FAAN Edward J. and Louise Mellen Professor of Nursing, Associate Dean for Research, and Director of SMART Center, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Exercise is a common recommendation to reduce the risk factors of metabolic syndrome, yet there are limited data on the influence of lifestyle exercise after cardiac events on metabolic syndrome factors. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine whether lifestyle exercise improves metabolic syndrome profile in older adults after a cardiac event. METHODS:Participants were from a post-cardiac-event lifestyle exercise study. Five metabolic syndrome factors were assessed: waist circumference, triglycerides, high-density lipids, glucose, and systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Objective measures of exercise were obtained from heart rate monitors over a year. Logistic regression was used to determine whether participants who engaged in the minimum recommendation of 130 hours of exercise or greater during the 12-month period improved their metabolic syndrome profile by improving at least 1 metabolic syndrome factor. RESULTS: In the sample of 116 participants (74% men; average age, 67.5 years), 43% exercised at the recommended amount (≥130 h/y) and 28% (n = 33) improved their metabolic syndrome profile. After controlling for confounding factors of age, gender, race, diabetes, functional ability, and employment, subjects who exercised at least 130 hours a year were 3.6 times more likely to improve at least 1 metabolic syndrome factor (95% confidence interval, 1.24-10.49). Of the 28% who improved their metabolic syndrome profile, 72% increased their high-density lipoprotein and 60.6% reduced their waist circumference and glucose. CONCLUSIONS: After a cardiac event, older patients who engage inlifestyle exercise at the recommended amount have improvement in their metabolic syndrome profile.
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BACKGROUND: Exercise is a common recommendation to reduce the risk factors of metabolic syndrome, yet there are limited data on the influence of lifestyle exercise after cardiac events on metabolic syndrome factors. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine whether lifestyle exercise improves metabolic syndrome profile in older adults after a cardiac event. METHODS:Participants were from a post-cardiac-event lifestyle exercise study. Five metabolic syndrome factors were assessed: waist circumference, triglycerides, high-density lipids, glucose, and systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Objective measures of exercise were obtained from heart rate monitors over a year. Logistic regression was used to determine whether participants who engaged in the minimum recommendation of 130 hours of exercise or greater during the 12-month period improved their metabolic syndrome profile by improving at least 1 metabolic syndrome factor. RESULTS: In the sample of 116 participants (74% men; average age, 67.5 years), 43% exercised at the recommended amount (≥130 h/y) and 28% (n = 33) improved their metabolic syndrome profile. After controlling for confounding factors of age, gender, race, diabetes, functional ability, and employment, subjects who exercised at least 130 hours a year were 3.6 times more likely to improve at least 1 metabolic syndrome factor (95% confidence interval, 1.24-10.49). Of the 28% who improved their metabolic syndrome profile, 72% increased their high-density lipoprotein and 60.6% reduced their waist circumference and glucose. CONCLUSIONS: After a cardiac event, older patients who engage in lifestyle exercise at the recommended amount have improvement in their metabolic syndrome profile.
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