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ABSTRACT: Background
Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is a multidisciplinary medical program. Most studies have emphasized the effect of exercise-based CR in lowering lipid levels; however, the effect of CR as a comprehensive program on lipid levels remains unclear.Methods
Electronic database were searched up to 2022. Randomized controlled trials with lipid profile indicators were included. Standardized mean differences (SMDs) and 95% CIs were used to evaluate the effect size. Begg's funnel plot and Egger's linear regression test were used to assess publication bias.Results
CR remarkably reduced low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels (SMD = -0.23; 95%CI: [-0.38, -0.08]; P < 0.001), triglyceride (TG) levels (SMD = -0.17; 95%CI: [-0.28, -0.06]; P < 0.001), and total cholesterol (TC) levels (SMD = -0.30; 95%CI: [-0.43, -0.16]; P < 0.001) and increased high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels (SMD = 0.19; 95%CI: [0.10, 0.29]; P < 0.001).Conclusions
CR reduce TC, TG, and LDL-C levels while improving HDL-C levels. CR should be promoted and more trials should be conducted for long-term CR.
SUBMITTER: Wu G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9717003 | biostudies-literature | 2022
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wu Gang G Hu Yemei Y Ding Kun K Li Xuedong X Li Jun J Shang Zhuo Z
Global heart 20221129 1
<h4>Background</h4>Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is a multidisciplinary medical program. Most studies have emphasized the effect of exercise-based CR in lowering lipid levels; however, the effect of CR as a comprehensive program on lipid levels remains unclear.<h4>Methods</h4>Electronic database were searched up to 2022. Randomized controlled trials with lipid profile indicators were included. Standardized mean differences (SMDs) and 95% CIs were used to evaluate the effect size. Begg's funnel plo ...[more]