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The Effect of Aerobic Exercise Training on the Lipid-Lipoprotein Profile of Children and Adolescents

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Longitudinal paediatric population studies have provided evidence that the risk factor theory may be extended to children and adolescents. These studies could assist in identifying individuals at increased coronary risk. Numerous studies have focused on the effects of regular exercise on the paediatric lipoprotein profile, a recognised primary risk factor, with equivocal results. Cross-sectional comparisons of dichotomised groups provide the strongest evidence of an exercise effect. ‘Trained’ or ‘active’ children and adolescents demonstrate ‘favourable’ levels of high density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C), triacylglycerol, total cholesterol (TC)/HDL-C and low density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C)/HDL-C, whilst TC is generally unaffected. The evidence regarding LDL-C in these studies is equivocal. A possible self-selection bias means that a cause-effect relationship between exercise and the lipoprotein profile cannot be readily established from this design. Correlational studies are difficult to interpret because of differences in participant characteristics, methods employed to assess peak oxygen uptake and habitual physical activity (HPA), and the statistical techniques used to analyse multivariate data. Directly measured cardiorespiratory fitness does not appear to be related to lipoprotein profiles in the children and adolescents studied to date, although there are data to the contrary. The relationship with HPA is more difficult to decipher. The evidence suggests that a ‘favourable’ lipoprotein profile may be related to higher levels of HPA, although differences in assessment methods preclude a definitive answer. While few prospective studies exist, the majority of these longitudinal investigations suggest that imposed regular exercise has little, if any, influence on the lipoprotein levels of children and adolescents. However, most prospective studies have several serious methodological design weaknesses, including low sample size, inadequate exercise training volume and a lack of control individuals. Recent studies have suggested that increases in HDL-C and reductions in LDL-C may be possible with regular exercise. The identification of a dose-response relationship between exercise training and the lipoprotein profile during the paediatric years remains elusive.

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  1. Where possible, the distinction between childhood (usually < 10 years of age) and adolescence (the period of rapid growth, maturation and development following childhood) has been made in this manuscript. At times, the generic term ‘children’ has been used to include all individuals who have yet to attain full physical maturity (i.e. adulthood).

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