how combined exercise and vitamin d supplementation affect metabolic syndrome risk factors: a clinical trial in menopausal women

Background & objective: exercise is a wellknown strategy to reduce the risk of metabolic syndrome and chronic disease. however, the concurrent effect of aerobic training with vitamin d supplementation on anthropometric indices and lipid profile are somewhat unknown. this study aimed to investigate the effect of aerobic training and vitamin d supplementation (at+vit d) on anthropometric indices and lipid profile in postmenopausal women with metabolic syndrome.materials & methods: fortysix postmenopausal women with metabolic syndrome were randomly assigned to four groups: at+vit d (n=11), at (n=12), vit d (n=12), and control (c; n=11). the training protocol was incrementally conducted for 8 weeks, 2040 min of training, with 6075% hrmax, 3 sessions per week. the intervention groups received capsules of 5000 iu vitamin d or placebo. the data were analyzed through paired ttests and twoway anova analysis of variance and bonferroni post hoc test with spss 24 at the signification level of p<0.05.results: all three groups (at+vit d, at, vit d groups) showed a significant decrease in bw, bmi, bfp, wc, tc, tg, ldl, map, and glucose and an increase in hdl. also, the results showed that at+vit d group compared with at, vit d, and c groups led to significant reductions in bw, map and glucose tc, tg, and ldl and an increase in hdl (p<0.001 for all three variables). conclusions: at+vit d is more effective in the improvement of lipid profile in patients with nafld than at or vit d alone.

How Combined Exercise and Vitamin D Supplementation Affect Metabolic Syndrome Risk Factors: A Clinical Trial in Menopausal Women

Background Objective: Exercise is a wellknown strategy to reduce the risk of metabolic syndrome and chronic disease. However, the concurrent effect of aerobic training with vitamin D supplementation on anthropometric indices and lipid profile are somewhat unknown. This study aimed to investigate the effect of aerobic training and vitamin D supplementation (AT+Vit D) on anthropometric indices and lipid profile in postmenopausal women with metabolic syndrome.Materials Methods: Fortysix postmenopausal women with metabolic syndrome were randomly assigned to four groups: AT+Vit D (n=11), AT (n=12), Vit D (n=12), and control (C; n=11). The training protocol was incrementally conducted for 8 weeks, 2040 min of training, with 6075% HRmax, 3 sessions per week. The intervention groups received capsules of 5000 IU vitamin D or placebo. The data were analyzed through paired ttests and twoway ANOVA analysis of variance and Bonferroni post hoc test with SPSS 24 at the signification level of P<0.05.Results: All three groups (AT+Vit D, AT, Vit D groups) showed a significant decrease in BW, BMI, BFP, WC, TC, TG, LDL, MAP, and glucose and an increase in HDL. Also, the results showed that AT+Vit D group compared with AT, Vit D, and C groups led to significant reductions in BW, MAP and Glucose TC, TG, and LDL and an increase in HDL (P<0.001 for all three variables). Conclusions: AT+Vit D is more effective in the improvement of lipid profile in patients with NAFLD than AT or Vit D alone.