Timing of exercise is critical to prevent exercise-induced cardiovascular disease. According to Dutch scientists, the morning is best for this, as they have now shown in a study.
“Regardless of the total amount of exercise, physical activity in the morning confers a lower risk of developing cardiovascular disease and demonstrates the potential importance of timed exercise for the prevention of such diseases,” wrote Gali Albalak from the Department of Gerontology and Geriatrics. from Leiden University and the study co-authors in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.
For their research, the scientists used the data of 86,657 Britons from the so-called UK Biobank, which observed the health of 502,490 participants in a long-term study who were admitted between 2006 and 2010.
For the scientists, a clear pattern can be observed
A total of 2911 subjects developed coronary artery disease during the observation period. In addition, 796 strokes were recorded. The researchers compared this to the subjects’ preferred time for exercise. The result, according to the Dutch experts: “There is a clear pattern for coronary heart disease, cerebral haemorrhage and stroke. Relatively high physical activity at night, ie between midnight and 6 a.m., was associated with a relatively higher risk. On the other hand, relatively high levels of physical activity between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. were associated with a lower risk.”
If you take a closer look at the time curves in the scientific work, physical activity around 9 a.m. appears to be optimal in preventing heart disease and all types of stroke. Conversely, morning exercise around 5 a.m. or 6 a.m. appears to be least effective by comparison. After noon, the risk fluctuates around the average between the largest differences.
Regardless, in a comparison of physical activity in the morning with physical activity alone from the middle of the day, earlier exercise resulted in a statistically significant 16 percent reduction in heart risk. The risk of stroke fell by 17 percent. The latter also represented a statistically significant difference. The results were independent of the intensity of physical activity. (SDA/jmh)
Source: Blick
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