Effect of physical exercise on lipids in women

In this period of urbanisation it is well known fact that sedentary lifestyle leads to a poor cardiovascular health. To investigate the effect of physical exercise on lipids, a moderate activity program including walking, jogging, weight training and flexibility exercises was prepared for women aging 30–39 years of age. Blood samples were collected from 10 women volunteers with higher LDL before prescribing and starting the training schedule for six months and also after completing the training schedule after six months. The investigation of lipids LDL, VLDL, TG, TC and HDL was done from the blood samples. Descriptive statistics T-Test was used to compare the mean. The level of significance was at p<0.05 and the calculations were done with SPSS 17 software. The present study shows that regular physical exercises play a significant role on controlling cholesterol level in women.