The effect of cyclic aerobic activity on some biochemical parameters in women 19-30 years old

Abstract

The research was conducted on a sample of 100 women from 19 to 30 years, all students on University “Fehmi Agani” in Gjakovica. The sample was divided into two groups: first group is the experimental group (EG), which includes 50 women undergoing three months of experimental kinesiological treatment and the second group is the control group (CG), consisted of 50 women who didn’t participate in aerobic activity. Five biochemical parameters: glucose, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, triglycerides in blood and total cholesterol, were analised at the Center for family medicine in Gjakova with “COBAS INTEGRA 400 Plus”. The experimental program, cycling ergometer, lasted 3 months and the trainings were organized three times a week. The duration of the training started with 40 minutes and increased with time to 60 minutes, while the intensity started from 50% of maximum heart rate and increased with time to 70%. The results were processed with the SPSS statistical package for Windows version 22.0 and the following statistical protocols were applied: minimum, maximum, mean, std. deviation and coefficient of variability, univariant (ANOVA) and multivariant analysis of variance (MANOVA) were used to determine the differences in the initial measurement between the experimental group and the control group, univariate (ANKOVA) and multivariate analysis of covariance (MANKOVA) were used to determine the differences in the final measurement between the experimental group and the control group and T-tests for dependent samples to determine the differences in blood parameters between the initial and the final measurement in the experimental group and the control group, separately. The results obtained showed that statistically significant differences between the initial and the final measurement in the experimental group were found in the following variables: decreasing in LDL cholesterol by 12.62%, in triglycerides by 18.03% and total cholesterol by 12.18%.