The research team, led by Professor Dae-Jung Kim of the Department of Endocrinology at Ajou University Hospital, observed the effect of continuous exercise on the occurrence of cardiovascular disease for 2 to 3 years in 8596 adults 20 years and older who were newly diagnosed with diabetes between 2009 and 2015.
The research team divided the study participants into a continuous non-exercise group (803 people), an exercise to non-exercise conversion group (1090 people), a non-exercise to exercise conversion group (1273 people), and a continuous exercise group (5430 people) before and following diabetes diagnosis. The number of cardiovascular diseases was compared.
As a result, the number of cardiovascular diseases in the continuous non-exercise group was the highest at 1.79 per 100 people, and the group that switched from exercise to non-exercise (1.33 people), the group that switched from non-exercise to exercise (1.0 people), and continuous exercise group ( 0.83).
The research team estimated that the risk of cardiovascular disease in the group who continued exercise before and following diabetes was diagnosed was 34% lower on average than the non-exercise group, when other variables affecting the occurrence of cardiovascular disease were taken into consideration.
In particular, in the case of obese diabetic patients, when they switched from non-exercise to exercise, the risk of cardiovascular disease was reduced by 62%. Reporter Kang Woo-jin [email protected]
