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Researchers from University of South Carolina Report on Findings in Cardiovascular Diseases

Published in Women's Health Weekly, May 3rd, 2012

2012 MAY 3 -- "Our group has shown a positive dose-response in maximal cardiorespiratory exercise capacity (VO2max) and heart rate variability (HRV) to 6months of exercise training but no improvement in VO2max for women >= 60 years. Here, we examine the HRVresponse to exercise training in postmenopausal women younger and older than 60 years," scientists in Columbia, South Carolina report.

"We examined 365 sedentary, overweight, hypertensive, postmenopausal women randomly assigned to sedentary control or exercise groups exercising at 50% (4 kcal/kg/week, [KKW]), 100% (8 KKW) and 150% (12 KKW) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus...

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