changes in exercise habits and pulse wave velocity with lifestyle modification in japanese锻炼习惯和脉搏波速度的变化与在日本生活方式修改.pdfVIP

Open Journal of Epidemiology, 2012, 2, 50-54 OJEpi / 10.4236/ojepi.2012.22008 Published Online May 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/ojepi/) Changes in exercise habits and pulse wave velocity with lifestyle modification in Japanese 1 1 2 2 Nobuyuki Miyatake , Noriko Sakano , Takeshi Saito , Takeyuki Numata 1Department of Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan 2Okayama Southern Institute of Health, Okayama Health Foundation, Okayama, Japan Email: miyarin@med.kagawa-u.ac.jp Received 20 February 2012; revised 18 March 2012; accepted 2 April 2012 ABSTRACT It is well known that regular physical activity has been shown to increase HDL and reduce resting blood pres- We investigated the changes in exercise habits and sure, triglycerides, abdominal fat accumulation, fasting brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) with blood sugar, and insulin responses to oral glucose chal- lifestyle modification in Japanese. We used data for lenge test [4-8]. The prevalence of subjects with exercise 105 men (48.2 ± 13.8 years) and 110 women (48.6 ± habits in Japan was reported to be 29.1% in men and 12.1 years) without any medications with a 1-year