Metabolic Disorder
Moderate altitude improves metabolic variables in metabolic syndrome patients
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, May 5th, 2003
"We investigated the changes in the cardiovascular system [resting blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR), measured by means of a 24-h ambulatory BP and a holter-electrocardiogram (ECG)], glycemic parameters, and lipid metabolism of subjects suffering from metabolic syndrome during a 3-week sojourn at 1,700 in the Austrian Alps," researchers in Germany and Austria report.
"A total of 22 male subjects with metabolic syndrome were selected," said Wolfgang Schobersberger and...
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