Randomised controlled trial
Aerobic, resistance, or combined exercise training and cardiovascular risk profile in overweight or obese adults: the CardioRACE trial
- Randomised controlled trial
Authors' conclusion
In adults with overweight or obesity, aerobic exercise alone or combined resistance plus aerobic exercise, but not resistance exercise alone, improved composite CVD risk profile compared with the control.
Study context
- Population
- Adults aged 35–70 years with overweight or obesity and elevated BP381 (94%) completed 1-year follow-up
- Participants
- 406 adults
- Comparison
- Resistance, aerobic or combined exercise vs no-exercise control
- Resistancen = 102
- Aerobicn = 101
- Combinationn = 101
- Controln = 102reference
- Primary endpoint
- Change in standardized composite Z-score of SBP, LDL cholesterol, fasting glucose and per cent body fat (decrease = improved CVD risk profile)
- Follow-up
- 1 year
Primary result
As reported in the abstract
Each group vs controlMean difference (95% CI)P value
Aerobic
−0.15(−0.27 to −0.04)
P = 0.01Combination
−0.16(−0.27 to −0.04)
P = 0.009Resistance
−0.02(−0.14 to 0.09)
P = 0.69Further findings
Individual cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors (per cent body fat, SBP, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, fasting glucose) · 1 year
- Only per cent body fat decreased in all three exercise groups vs control; SBP, LDL cholesterol and fasting glucose did not decrease in any exercise group
Original publication
Aerobic, resistance, or combined exercise training and cardiovascular risk profile in overweight or obese adults: the CardioRACE trial. Eur Heart J. Published 17 January 2024. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehad827
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it