Thursday 2 August 2007

Evidence of improvement of cardiovascular risk with physical activity in children with Type 1 Diabetes

Physical activity improves the cardiovascular risk profile in Children with type 1 diabetes mellitus. This includes lower lipoprotein levels and diastolic blood pressure and better glycaemic control. This is the result of a study published in the Diabetes care journal. This large multicentre trial analysed results from over 23,000 subjects. Regular physical exercise affects high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and triglyceride levels but not total and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels. Please note that the study has only shown improvement in surrogate markers of cardiovascular risk. The effect on actual outcomes was not studied. More research is necessary to demonstrate that.

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