運動習慣を持つ高齢者のメタボリックシンドロームの出現率

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In Japan, the number of people aged 65 years or older currently exceeds 20% of the total population; also, Japanese people have a strong interest in their own health. It is well known that an appropriate diet and physical exercise are very important for a healthy life. However, it is difficult to continue an appropriate diet and physical exercise, and so obesity has become the cause of various illnesses. Visceral obesity has appeared recently in Japan, and the high risk group with diabetes, high blood pressure, abnormal lipid metabolism and others conditions is called Metabolic Syndrome (hereinafter MS). People with MS are also susceptible to life-style related diseases and ischemic heart diseases (IHD). This research compared the occurrence rate of MS in elderly people separated into the physically active group and physically non-active group. The physically active group had the following rates: MS, 11.2%; pre-MS; 23.7%; normal, 65.1%. Meanwhile, the physically non-active group had the following rates: MS, 24.2%; pre-MS, 18.3%; normal, 57.4%. Compared to the physically non-active group, the physically active group had a significantly greater number of elderly people with normal levels of HDL-C, blood pressure, and blood sugar (P<0.05). These results suggested that regular physical exercise may increase HDL-C and improve high blood pressure and high blood sugar levels.
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