Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas (CiPharma), Escola de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Brazil.
Departamento de Análises Clínicas (DEACL), Escola de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Brazil.
Climacteric. 2022 Jun;25(3):293-299. doi: 10.1080/13697137.2021.1965115. Epub 2021 Aug 23.
This study aimed to evaluate anthropometric, biochemical and clinical parameters in climacteric yoga practitioners.
This study investigated 108 climacteric women. We recruited 28 women between 40 and 65 years old who started yoga practices in premenopause and had already practiced for at least 5 years. As controls, we selected 30 physical activity (PA) practitioners who had practiced for at least 5 years and 50 sedentary women in the same age range. We conduced anthropometric, biochemical and blood pressure measurements.
The yoga group had significantly lower fasting blood glucose than the PA practitioners and sedentary women. Yoga practitioners also had lower weight, body mass index, waist circumference, body fat percentage and waist-to-height ratio; higher levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; lower levels of triglycerides, insulin, Homeostasis Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance, uric acid, apolipoprotein B and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; and lower frequency of metabolic syndrome, lipid accumulation product, visceral adiposity index and systolic blood pressure than the sedentary women.
Yoga practitioners had lower glucose serum concentrations than the PA practitioners and sedentary women. Overall, the yoga group also had better anthropometric, biochemical and clinical variables than the other groups. Although further investigation is required, yoga practice in premenopause seems to be beneficial for women when they reach menopause.
本研究旨在评估更年期瑜伽练习者的人体测量学、生化和临床参数。
本研究调查了 108 名更年期女性。我们招募了 28 名年龄在 40 至 65 岁之间的女性，她们在绝经前开始瑜伽练习，并且已经练习了至少 5 年。作为对照组，我们选择了 30 名进行了至少 5 年锻炼的体力活动（PA）练习者和 50 名年龄相同的久坐不动的女性。我们进行了人体测量学、生化和血压测量。
瑜伽组的空腹血糖明显低于 PA 练习者和久坐不动的女性。瑜伽练习者的体重、体重指数、腰围、体脂百分比和腰高比也较低；高密度脂蛋白胆固醇水平较高；甘油三酯、胰岛素、胰岛素抵抗评估的稳态模型、尿酸、载脂蛋白 B 和高敏 C 反应蛋白水平较低；代谢综合征、脂质蓄积产物、内脏脂肪指数和收缩压的发生频率也低于久坐不动的女性。
瑜伽练习者的血清葡萄糖浓度低于 PA 练习者和久坐不动的女性。总的来说，与其他组相比，瑜伽组的人体测量学、生化和临床指标也更好。尽管还需要进一步的研究，但绝经前的瑜伽练习似乎对女性进入更年期有益。
