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Volume 348:1494-1496 April 10, 2003 Number 15
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Effects of Exercise on Plasma Lipoproteins

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To the Editor: In the Studies of Targeted Risk Reduction Interventions through Defined Exercise (STRRIDE), reported by Kraus et al. (Nov. 7 issue),1 investigators found that exercise had a substantial dose-dependent effect on the lipid profile. Because there was only a small (<=1.5-kg) reduction in body weight, they conclude that these changes are not dependent on weight loss. However, they do not take into account the possibility that there may have been relevant changes in total body fat. Intense physical exercise would be expected to result in a noticeable increase in lean body mass (specifically, skeletal-muscle mass), with a . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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