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WEDNESDAY, March 13, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Resistance training (RT) may be a viable option for patients with prediabetes seeking to prevent or delay progression to type 2 diabetes (T2D), according to a study published online Feb. 15 in Diabetes\/Metabolism Research and Reviews<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Xia Dai, from the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University in Nanning, China, and colleagues evaluated the long-term effects of aerobic training (AT), RT, and combined training (AT + RT) on the prevention of T2D incidence in 137 patients with prediabetes. Participants (mean age, 59 years; 45 men and 92 women) were randomly assigned to one of the supervised exercise programs for 60 minutes per day for three nonconsecutive days per week for 24 months.<\/p>\n
The researchers found that after 24 months, the incidences of T2D adjusted by sex and age were significantly lower — by 74 percent in the AT + RT group, 65 percent in the RT group, and 72 percent in the AT group versus the control group (hazard ratios: AT + RT, 0.26; RT, 0.35; AT, 0.28). Additionally, blood glucose and lipid profiles showed greater improvement in the AT, RT, and AT + RT groups than in the control group.<\/p>\n
“We showed that RT is a viable option for patients seeking to prevent or delay T2D,” the authors write. “This finding further expands established paradigms of lifestyle change for preventing T2D and can inform clinician-patient discussions about delaying disease onset.”<\/p>\n