Effect of mild aerobic exercise on serum lipids and apolipoproteins in patients with coronary artery disease.

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The effects of mild aerobic exercise on serum lipids, apolipoproteins and lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) activity were examined in 11 male patients with coronary artery disease and 4 healthy male controls. The mild aerobic exercise program involved exercise intensity at 50% of maximal oxygen uptake, as determined from the blood lactate threshold, for 60 min periods 3 times per week for 10 weeks. Following mild aerobic exercise, serum levels of high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) were increased significantly from 50 .+-. 7 mg/dl to 59 .+-. 11 mg/dl (p < 0.05) with a simultaneous increase in apolipoprotein A-I (apo A-I) in normal controls. The LCAT activity was significantly increased from 65 .+-. 22 nmol/ml/hr to 99 .+-. 30 nmol/ml/hr in normal controls (p < 0.05). Furthermore, maximal oxygen uptake (.ovrhdot.V2max) was significantly increased in normal controls. In contrast, no significant changes were found in HDL-C, apo A-I, apo B, .ovrhdot.V2max and body weight in patients with coronary artery disease. There was significant correlation between the initial HDL-C level and the change in HDL-C level following the exercise program in the combined group of normal controls and patients with coronary artery disease.

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