Aim: To evaluate effects of dynamic exercise (DE) and static leg exercise (SE) varying by intensity on blood serum spectrum of lipoproteins and apolipoproteins in healthy persons and patients with coronary heart disease (CHD).
Material and methods: Healthy 12 men and 12 CHD patients of functional class I performed bicycle DE of maximal (for age) intensity (100%), submaximal (80, 70 and 60%), SE of maximal and submaximal intensity. Blood samples were taken before the exercise, after it and 3 hours after the exercise.
Results: DE of high intensity (80% and higher) and SE of maximal and moderate intensity (100 and 60%, respectively) produced atherogenic changes in the blood of both healthy subjects and CHD patients: a rise in total cholesterol, LDLP cholesterol, triglycerides, apolipoprotein (apo) B and apo B/ apo AI. Moderate (60%) DE gave rise to antiatherogenic changes in the blood: a fall in lipoproteins containing apoB and a rise in concentration of apo AI both in healthy and CHD subjects.
Conclusion: To prevent atherosclerosis by correction of atherogenic lipid disorders, CHD patients and healthy persons should do DE of moderate intensity in addition to other prophylactic measures.