Morning workouts increase heart attack risk in men with type 2 diabetes.
- The conclusion of this study should not discourage diabetic patients from stopping their physical activity.
- Men who were most active around noon had lower cardiorespiratory fitness levels.
- In women, the researchers did not find an association between the specific timing of the activity and the risk of coronary heart disease or cardiorespiratory fitness.
The vast majority of diabetics suffer from type 2 diabetes. In these patients, physical inactivity and poor diet are among the factors that cause this pathology. The practice of regular physical activity thus improves their heart health. But be careful, this exercise should not be done at any time of the day. A study published on 1er september in the magazine Diabetes Care claims that exercising in the morning increases the risk of heart attack in men with type 2 diabetes.
Do not be discouraged about sports practice
The conclusion of this study should not discourage diabetic patients from stopping their physical activity, say the researchers. “The overall message for our patient population remains that you should exercise whenever you can, as regular exercise provides significant health benefits.continues Dr. Jingyi Qian, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and co-author of the study. However, researchers studying the effects of physical activity should take timing as an additional consideration so that we can give better recommendations to the general public about how time of day may affect the relationship between exercise and cardiovascular health.”
The researchers analyzed more than 2,000 patients with type 2 diabetes who were also obese or overweight. They tracked them using data from the Look AHEAD study, started in 2001, which monitors the health of overweight or obese patients in the United States with type 2 diabetes. the type of physical activity they practice thanks to accelerometers placed on their waist. To assess the volunteers’ chances of suffering from coronary heart disease over the next four years, the researchers used a measure called the Framingham risk score. It uses an algorithm based on information about a person’s age, gender, blood pressure, cholesterol, and smoking history.
No difference for women
The results revealed that men who engage in physical activity in the morning have the highest risk of developing coronary heart disease, regardless of the amount and intensity of weekly exercise. Men who were most active around noon had lower cardiorespiratory fitness levels.
In women, the researchers did not find an association between the specific timing of the activity and the risk of coronary heart disease or cardiorespiratory fitness. The researchers found no reason for this difference between men and women, other than physiological differences that mean men tend to be at risk earlier in life.
