It has become known that good physical shape protects against Alzheimer’s disease. In hardy people, the risk of disease is reduced by 33%. Such results going to present during the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, which will be held in early April in Seattle, researchers from the Washington Veterans Hospital.
Scientists analyzed data on nearly 650,000 American veterans, whose health was monitored for an average of nine years. All of these people, whose average age at the start of the study was 61 years old, were tested for cardiorespiratory endurance – the body’s ability to deliver oxygen to the muscles and the ability of the muscles to absorb oxygen during physical exertion. According to the results of tests on the treadmill simulator, all participants were divided into five groups in accordance with the level of physical fitness.
An analysis of the collected data, taking into account risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease, showed that participants with the highest level of cardiorespiratory endurance were 33% less likely to develop the disease than those with the lowest level of physical fitness.
“The idea that you can reduce your risk of Alzheimer’s disease simply by increasing your level of physical activity is very promising, especially given that effective methods for preventing and treating this disease do not yet exist,” said lead author Edward Zamrini (Edward Zamrini) .
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