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Clinical Trial
. 2004 Jan;190(1):188-93.
doi: 10.1016/s0002-9378(03)00951-7.

Resistance exercise decreases the need for insulin in overweight women with gestational diabetes mellitus

Gabrielle N Brankston  1 , B F Mitchell, Edmond A Ryan, Nanette B Okun
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Clinical Trial

Resistance exercise decreases the need for insulin in overweight women with gestational diabetes mellitus

Gabrielle N Brankston et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2004 Jan.

Abstract

Objective: This study examines the effects of circuit-type resistance training on the need for insulin in women with gestational diabetes mellitus.

Study design: Thirty-two patients with gestational diabetes mellitus were randomly assigned either to a group that was treated with diet alone or to a group that was treated with diet plus resistance exercise.

Results: The number of women whose condition required insulin therapy was the same, regardless of treatment. However, a subgroup analysis that examined only overweight women (prepregnant body mass index, >25 kg/m(2)) showed a lower incidence of insulin use in the diet-plus-exercise group (P<.05). Women in the diet-plus-exercise group were prescribed less insulin (P<.05) and showed a longer delay from diagnosis to the initiation of insulin therapy (P<.05), compared with the diet-alone group.

Conclusion: Resistance exercise training may help to avoid insulin therapy for overweight women with gestational diabetes mellitus.

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