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Relationship of Running Intensity to Hypertension, Hypercholesterolemia, and Diabetes
October 28, 2008 - Medscape Today - Paul T. Williams

Purpose: To estimate the independent relationships of running intensity with
antihypertensive, LDL-cholesterol-lowering, and antidiabetic medication use
when adjusted for running volume (km·d-1).

Methods: Self-reported medication use was compared cross-sectionally to
running pace (m·s-1 during usual run) in 25,552 male and 29,148 female
National Runners' Health Study participants.

Results: The men ran a mean ± SD of 5.2 ± 3.1 km·d-1 at 3.3 ± 0.5 m·s-1 (8.3
± 1.4 min·mile-1) and the women 4.7 ± 2.9 km·wk-1 at 3.0 ± 0.4 m·s-1 (9.2 ±
1.8 min·mile-1). When adjusted for kilometers per day, each meter-per-second
increment in intensity in men and women reduced the odds for
antihypertensive drug use by 54% and 46%, respectively, reduced the odds for
LDL-cholesterol-lowering medication use by 55% and 48%, respectively, and
reduced the odds for antidiabetic medication use by 50% and 75%,
respectively (all P < r =" 0.55;" r =" 0.49),">

Conclusions: Although these results do not prove causality, they show that
exercise intensity is inversely associated with the prevalence of
hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes independent of exercise
volume and cardiorespiratory fitness (10-km performance), suggesting that
the more vigorous the exercise, the healthier the health benefits.

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Keywords - Running, Diabeties, Hypertension

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Amount of Exercise, Not Intensity, Important for BP Lowering in Kids

Amount of Exercise, Not Intensity, Important for BP Lowering in Kids

Heartwire - December 12, 2007 - by Lisa Nainggolan

December 12, 2007 — A new British study has found that total amount of
exercise may be more important than intensity of activity for lowering blood
pressure (BP) in children [1]. The results are reported online today in
Hypertension.

Lead author Dr Sam Leary (University of Bristol, UK) told heartwire: "This
large contemporary study is unique because it is one of the few to use an
activity monitor, which provides a more accurate, objective measure of
physical activity." Previous studies in children have all employed
questionnaires to ascertain exercise habits, which seem to provide a poor
measure of activity, she said. This is also the first research to compare
the amount of exercise with the intensity of exercise, she noted.

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