| Keywords |
Clothing microclimate ; Wear training ; Hypertension ; Blood lipid profiles |
| Abstract |
This study was performed on 14 participants with prehypertension or hypertension to investigate the effects of the wear training on the blood pressure and the blood lipid profile. Participants were randomly assigned to an experimental group(n = 7) and a control group(n = 7). Experimental group was performed the wear training. The wear training means the process for acclimation through the alternate stimulation of the temperature inside clothing. The experimental group wore two different garments with 3.0oC difference in the temperature of inside clothing in a climatic chamber (19.0±0.2oC, 45±5%RH) alternately for 8 weeks (3 times/week). The results were as follows. During 8 weeks of wear training, SBP and MAP had the reduced tendencies in EG. After wear training, the number of 1 stage hypertension patient was decreased from 5 to 3 in only EG. As for blood lipid profiles, TC, LDL-C were lowered in EG than in CG (p<.05) and AI and LDL-C/HDL-C ratio had the reduced tendencies in EG. These results showed that the wear training affected positively the improvement of hypertension. |