Women benefit more from exercise than men…lower risk of premature death or fatal heart disease
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It has been shown that women can gain more health benefits from less exercise than men. [사진=클립아트코리아]When you think of exercise, it’s easy to think of muscular men. It is often thought that men lose weight faster than women through exercise. A new study shows that women can reap more health benefits from less exercise than men.
According to a research team at the Smith Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, USA, when women exercise regularly, their risk of premature death or fatal heart disease is reduced more than that of men who exercise.
Over a 20-year period, women who were physically active were 24% less likely to die from any cause and 36% less likely to die from a heart attack, stroke or other heart problem compared to women who did not exercise. In comparison, men who exercised regularly had a 15% lower risk of premature death and a 14% lower risk of heart-related death than their inactive peers.
“We hope this study will help everyone understand that everyone, but especially women, can benefit tremendously from exercise,” said Dr Susan Cheng, from the research team. “Exercise is an incredibly powerful way to help women live healthier, longer lives. “It’s a powerful method,” he said.
The research team analyzed data from over 400,000 Americans aged 27 to 61. As a result, when both men and women engaged in moderate aerobic activities such as brisk walking and gardening, the risk of premature death decreased by 24% for women and 18% for men.
Doing 110 minutes a week (about 15 minutes each day) of vigorous aerobic exercise such as cycling or jumping rope lowered the risk of death by 24% for women and 19% for men. Additionally, weekly strength training reduced the risk of premature death by 19% and 11% for women and men, respectively.
In particular, women were found to achieve the same health benefits as men with less exercise. Women who did moderate-intensity aerobic exercise half the time as men (less than 2.5 hours per week compared to 5 hours for men) had an 18% reduced risk.
The same goes for intense aerobic exercise. Women met the 19% risk reduction criterion with 57 minutes per week, while men needed 110 minutes.
“Even limited amounts of regular exercise can provide significant benefits, and this has been shown to be especially true for women,” said Dr. Cheng. “They can benefit much more than they think.”
“Differences in anatomy and physiology may explain these differences in benefit,” the research team said. For example, men often have increased lung capacity, larger hearts, more body mass, and a higher percentage of muscle fibers than women. Therefore, the same movement places greater strain on the female body than the male body, so women must work harder when exercising. As a result, women receive greater health rewards.
The results of this study (Sex Differences in Association of Physical Activity With All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality) were published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
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