{"title":"Acute Effect of Extreme Sports on Serum Lipids.","authors":"Ozturk Agirbas, Eser Aggon, Anthony C Hackney","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The aim of this study is to determine the effect of rafting and paragliding exercises by sedentary males on serum lipids.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>17 male rafters and 10 male paragliders volunteers (non-smoker, no known history of cardiovascular disease, body mass index <25 kg/m<sup>2</sup>, and no intake of prescription medications) participated in the study. Participants had blood samples taken a day before and after rafting and paragliding practices. Data were analyzed by Wilcoxon and Mann-Whitney U tests.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Significant decreases occurred for the low-density lipoprotein (LDL)/very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) ratio in the rafting group after the exercise; though, there was no significant difference in serum lipids parameters of the paraglide group after the exercise.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>While acute rafting and paragliding exercises have similar effects on TG and HDL, effect on LDL/VLDL ratio is different.</p>","PeriodicalId":92386,"journal":{"name":"International journal of scientific study","volume":"6 1","pages":"78-81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6042873/pdf/nihms974287.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36314504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}