The effect of 12 weeks of combined aerobic-resistance training on adropin as a mediator of arterial stiffness in postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes: a randomized controlled trial.
Combined aerobic and strength training improves heart health markers in postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes.
This RCT in postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes demonstrates that 12 weeks of combined aerobic-resistance training improves adropin levels as a mediator of reduced arterial stiffness. The findings add to evidence supporting exercise-based cardiometabolic intervention in a high-risk population and identify adropin as a novel exercise-responsive biomarker.
What the study was
- Study design
- Randomized Controlled Trial
- Population
- Postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes
- Category
- Prevention
- Maturity
- Exploratory
- Journal
- BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation
Why it surfaced
RCT design in a well-defined high-risk population (postmenopausal T2D women) with mechanistic biomarker endpoint (adropin). Contributes to evidence base for exercise prescriptions in cardiometabolic risk reduction.
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