[[alternative]]Effects of Acute Low and Moderate Exercise Intensities on High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol

[[abstract]]Effects of Acute Low and Moderate Exercise Intensities on High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol June, 1999 Student: Hsiang-Chu Leu Advisors: Jung-Charng Lin Wen-Hui Wu ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of moderate intensity exercise (MIE) and low intensity exercise (LIE) with equal energy expenditure (900 Kcal) on high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C). Ten healthy, no smoking habit male college students (18-28 yrs.) counterbalancedly performed treadmill running with MIE at 55%VO2max and walking with LIE at 35%VO2max on 7 days separately. Exercise was performed at 3 hours after dinner. For each trial, blood samples were collected at the morning pre-exercise in a fasted state for baseline, 10 min pre-exercise, 10 min post-exercise (IPE) and 11h post-exercise (11h PE, the next morning in a fasted state). Plasma HDL-C, total-cholesterol(TC), triacylglycerol(TG), and very low-density lipoprotein triacylglycerol (VLDL-TG) were measured. All samples were corrected for plasma volume changes. A significant increase (p