| Keywords |
Combined exercise ; Body composition ; Cardiovascular risk factors ; Homocysteine ; Elderly women |
| Abstract |
As a result of making the elderly women over 75 years do the combined exercise four times a week during 24 weeks, the body composition was improved by the significantly decrease of weight and BMI and the increase of LBM in the combined exercise group. In regard to serum lipids, all the factors except for HDL cholesterol significantly increased in control group, while total cholesterol and HDL cholesterol were significantly improved in the combined exercise group. Especially, IL-6 and homocysteine as risk factors of cardiovascular diseases were significantly reduced in the combined exercise group and CRP and homocysteine significantly increased in the control group. Therefore, for the elderly women, to perform a long-term combined exercise brings the progress of serum lipids through the improvement of body composition and especially has a positive effect on the decrease of homocysteine, which is recently known for a risk factor of cardiovascular diseases. That means, it reduces and prevent the death rate caused by cardiovascular diseases and may help the elderly save medical expenses and improve their quality of life. |