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Review
. 2024 Mar;76 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S73-S74.
doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2023.11.270. Epub 2024 Apr 8.

Exercise and lipids

Kushal Madan  1 , J P S Sawhney  2
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Review

Exercise and lipids

Kushal Madan et al. Indian Heart J. 2024 Mar.

Abstract

Evidence from the existing literature suggests that exercise has positive effects for prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases by reducing risk factors such as elevated blood lipids. Based on clinical and observational clinical trials, it is well established that increased physical activity and regular exercise has a favourable impact on blood lipids and lipoprotein profiles. Exercise training significantly decreases blood triglycerides concentration and increases high density lipoprotein cholesterol levels. Though the Indian data depicting the effect of exercise on lipids is scarce, exercise directly improves "atherogenic dyslipidaemia" which is frequently present among Indians i.e. HDL-C is increased, TG is reduced and LDL-C particle size is improved. While drug therapy is key to the treatment of dyslipidaemia, lifestyle alterations such as exercise should continue to be actively promoted and encouraged by clinicians. Exercise is a low cost, non pharmacological therapeutic lifestyle change that is of value to lipid metabolism and cardiovascular fitness.

Keywords: CAD; Cholesterol; Exercise; Lipids.

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Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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