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Diabetic patients who exercise regularly have a lower risk of dementia.
On the 27th, a joint research group led by Professor Jung-eun Yoo of the Department of Family Medicine at Seoul National University Hospital Gangnam Center and Professor Ga-eun Nam of Korea University Guro Hospital analyzed the effects of regular physical activity on onset of dementia in diabetic patients and announced on the 27th of having obtained these results.
The research team analyzed the association between dementia onset and physical activity among 133,751 patients who were first diagnosed with diabetes during a national health check from 2009 to 2012. Among the survey subjects, 3,240 patients had actually developed dementia by 2017.
The research team defined “physical activity” as “physical activity” when at least 5 times of moderate-intensity exercise for 30 minutes or more per week or 3 times or more of high-intensity exercise for 20 minutes or more per week, and the change was confirmed twice every two years.
As a result, it was found that patients who practiced regular physical activity had an 18% reduction in the overall risk of dementia. Alzheimer’s disease decreased by 15% and vascular dementia by 22%. If you were physically active, the range increased. Patients who maintained regular physical activity for 2 years reduced the overall risk of dementia by 27% and Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia by 26% and 38%, respectively. Diabetic patients who did not have physical activity also had a 14% lower risk of dementia if they started regular physical activity within 2 years than those who did not.
Researchers estimated that regular exercise improved blood sugar and insulin resistance in diabetic patients, reduced risk factors for cardiovascular disease, and consequently reduced the risk of dementia.
Professor Yoo said: “Neurological changes in the brain in diabetic patients start from the early stage of diabetes and lifestyle induction is most effective immediately after diagnosis, so regular exercise should be emphasized from the time of diagnosis. of diabetes “.
This study was published in the latest issue of ‘Diabetes Care’, the official journal of the American Diabetes Association.
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