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Physical training linked to improved adiponectin and CRP levels in type 2 diabetics

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, June 12th, 2006

Physical training was related to a near normalization of adiponectin and C-reactive protein plasma levels in subjects with impaired glucose tolerance and type 2 diabetes.

"Subclinical chronic inflammation could be a unifying factor linking type 2 diabetes (T2D) and atherosclerosis. The beneficial effects of physical activity on a reduced risk of coronary heart disease could at least in part be mediated by improved markers of inflammation," scientists in Germany report.

A. Oberbach and colleagues at the University of Leipzig proposed, "The aim of this study was to determine the effect of 4 weeks of physical training on plasma concentrations of...

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