Anthropometric Measurements, Metabolic Profile and Physical Fitness in a Sample of Spanish Women with Type 2 Diabetes

María Orosia Lucha-López, Concepción Vidal-Peracho, César Hidalgo-García, Jacobo Rodríguez-Sanz, Héctor Tricás-Vidal, Mar Hernández-Secorún, Sofía Monti-Ballano, José Miguel Tricás-Moreno and Ana Carmen Lucha-López
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María Orosia Lucha-López: Physiotherapy Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Zaragoza, C/Domingo Miral s/n, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
Concepción Vidal-Peracho: Physiotherapy Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Zaragoza, C/Domingo Miral s/n, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
César Hidalgo-García: Physiotherapy Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Zaragoza, C/Domingo Miral s/n, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
Jacobo Rodríguez-Sanz: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Sant Cugat del Vallès, 08195 Barcelona, Spain
Héctor Tricás-Vidal: Physiotherapy Research Unit, University of Zaragoza, C/Domingo Miral s/n, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
Mar Hernández-Secorún: Physiotherapy Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Zaragoza, C/Domingo Miral s/n, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
Sofía Monti-Ballano: Physiotherapy Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Zaragoza, C/Domingo Miral s/n, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
José Miguel Tricás-Moreno: Physiotherapy Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Zaragoza, C/Domingo Miral s/n, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
Ana Carmen Lucha-López: Physiotherapy Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Zaragoza, C/Domingo Miral s/n, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 22, 1-13

Abstract: Background: Exercise training has proven to be effective for treatment of metabolic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus. The aims of this study were to compare anthropometric measurements, metabolic profile and physical fitness between active and sedentary women with type 2 diabetes, and to analyse relationships between anthropometry and metabolic profile and components of physical fitness (balance, flexibility, strength and endurance). Methods: Cross-sectional research on 28 women with type 2 diabetes. Amount of daily physical activity, BMI, waist circumference, HbA1c, fibrinogen, hs-CRP, tiptoe dynamic balance, static balance, finger floor distance, abdominal, upper and lower limb strength and walking cardiovascular endurance were recorded. Results: Age: 58.5 ± 7.8. Overall, 16 subjects were physically active and 12 were sedentary. Active subjects had lower BMI ( p = 0.033) and better cardiovascular endurance ( p = 0.025). BMI and waist circumference were not influenced by any physical fitness component. HbA1c, fibrinogen and hs-CRP were related with worse dynamic balance ( p = 0.036, 0.006 and 0.031, respectively). Conclusions: Active women had lower BMI and showed a better performance in cardiovascular endurance. Tiptoe dynamic balance impairments were related to worse glycaemic control, hypercoagulation and inflammatory state.

Keywords: type 2 diabetes; exercise training; cardiovascular risk; endocrinology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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