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Effects of Long-term Treadmill Exercise Training on Blood Cholesterol in Postmenopause Women

  The present study was designed to investigate the effects of 24 weeks of treadmill exercise training on blood cholesterol in menopause women. Sixteen women, aged 50 to 55 years, were volunteered to participate in the study as subjects, and were divided into two groups, i.e, TR(training group, n=8) and CON(control group, n=8). Subjects in TR went through 24 week of training, performed 4 times per week at 60 to 70% of HRmax(heart rate maximum), whereas subjects in CON were asked not to change their normal life style. In pre and post tests, variables regarding to blood cholesterol were treasured and compared, Following the training, TC(total cholesterol), LDL-c(low density lipoprotein cholesterol) and HDL-c(high density lipoprotein cholesterol), TC/HDL ratio decreased significantly in TR, whereas no changes in the variables were found in CON. The HDL-c increased significantly in TR due to the exercise training, whereas it has not changed in CON. It was concluded that long-term exercise training would have positive effects in improving blood cholesterol.