Journal
CARDIOVASCULAR DIABETOLOGY
Volume 18, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12933-019-0840-2
Keywords
High-intensity interval training; Arterial stiffness; Moderate continuous training; Intima-media thickness; Distensibility coefficient; Pulse wave velocity
Funding
- Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology [SFRH/BD/85742/2012, SFRH/BPD/110426/2015]
- FCT-Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia within the unit ID 472 [UID/DTP/00447/2019]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BD/85742/2012, UID/DTP/00447/2019, SFRH/BPD/110426/2015] Funding Source: FCT
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Background: Exercise, when performed on a regular basis, is a well-accepted strategy to improve vascular function in patients with type 2 diabetes. However, the exercise intensity that yields maximal adaptations on structural and functional indices in patients with type 2 diabetes remains uncertain. Our objective was to analyze the impact of a 1-year randomized controlled trial of combined high-intensity interval training (HIIT) with resistance training (RT) vs. a combined moderate continuous training (MCT) with RT on structural and functional arterial indices in patients with type 2 diabetes. Methods: Patients with type 2 diabetes (n = 80) were randomized into an exercise intervention with three groups: control, combined HIIT with RT and combined MCT with RT. The 1-year intervention had 3 weekly exercise sessions. High-resolution ultrasonography of the common carotid artery and central and peripheral applanation tonometry were used to assess the changes in structural and functional arterial indices. Generalized estimating equations were used to model the corresponding outcomes. Results: After adjusting the models for sex, baseline moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, and mean arterial pressure changes, while using the intention-to-treat analysis, a significant interaction was observed on the carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) for both the MCT (beta = -4.25, p < 0.01) and HIIT group (beta = -3.61, p < 0.01). However, only the HIIT observed favorable changes from baseline to 1-year on peripheral arterial stiffness indices such as carotid radial arterial pulse wave velocity (beta = -0.10, p = 0.044), carotid to distal posterior tibial artery pulse wave velocity (beta = -0.14, p < 0.01), and on the distensibility coefficient (beta = -0.00, p < 0.01). No effect was found for hemodynamic variables after the intervention. Conclusions: Following a 1-year intervention in patients with type 2 diabetes, both the MCT and HIIT group reduced their cIMT, whereas only the HIIT group improved their peripheral arterial stiffness indices and distensibility coefficient. Taken together, HIIT may be a meaningful tool to improve long-term vascular complications in type 2 diabetes.
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