Fasting plasma glucose and lipid profiles of diabetic patients improve with aerobic exercise training

• Published in: Ghana medical journal 2017-09, Vol.51 (3), p.120-127
• Main Authors: Asuako, Benjamin, Moses, Monday O, Eghan, Benjamin A, Sarpong, Peter A
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Blood Glucose - analysis; Body Mass Index; Body Weight; Diabetes Mellitus - blood; Diabetes Mellitus - rehabilitation; Exercise; Female; Ghana; Humans; Lipids - blood; Male; Middle Aged; Original
• ISSN: 0016-9560
• DOI: 10.4314/gmj.v51i3.5

This study presents the effects of aerobic exercise training on fasting plasma glucose and lipid profiles (FPG/LP) of diabetic patients in Kumasi. A randomised experimental with control design. The study was conducted at the diabetic unit of KATH in Kumasi, Ghana. Twelve diabetic patients [grouped into intervention (IG) and control (CG)] attending the diabetic unit of KATH with diabetes diagnosis durations less than fifty years, ambulant status/age of 20-68years, sedentary and free from complications. Eight weeks aerobic exercise training between August 2015 and March 2016. Body weight (BW), Body mass index (BMI), fasting plasma glucose (FPG), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), triglycerides (T) and total cholesterol (TC). Body weight (4.85kg, 7.0%), body mass index (4.08kg/m , 7.3%), FPG (5.28mmol/L, 43.5%), LDL-C (.33mmol/l, 11.9%), TC (.47 mmol/l, 5.3%) and T (.48mmol/l, 29.4%) profiles of the patients in IG declined while HDL-C (.11mmol/l, 7.1%) increased. IG patients improved significantly in FPG [6.27 ± 0.91 < 8.00 ± 0.96; t=-52.00, P = 0.000], BW [58.60 ± 15.34 < 75.35 ± 22.00; t= 3.29, P = 0.040] and BMI [23.45 ±5.03