Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the changes of abdominal fat, testosterone, CRP and adiponectin concentration in middle-aged abdominal obese women after 12weeks of combined exercise. Subjects were consisted of fourteen middle-aged obese premenopausal women(Exercise: 9, Control: 10). The combined exercise program included aerobic exercise, composed by weight bearing exercise at an intensity above 60~75% of HRR during 12weeks for 40 minutes and 30 minutes of resistance exercise, composed by Muscle strengthening. The program was conducted 4 times a week for 12 weeks. The results of this study that %fat, total abdominal fat, visceral fat were decreased significantly respectively, and lean body mass was increased significantly after 12weeks in combined exercise. Serum HDL-C, LDL-C and insulin resistance were significantly improved after 12 weeks in combined exercise. Especialy, testosterone and adiponectin were increased significantly and CRP was decreased significantly after combined exercise. Therefore in this study, we might be that 12weeks combined exercise helps the prevention of cardiovascular disease by improving abdominal fat, choresterol, testosterone and cardiovascular risk fatctor(CRP, adiponectin) in obese premenopausal women.
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