Overview

Exercise, Statins, and the Metabolic Syndrome

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2011-05-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Here we tested if statins or exercise plus statins had a greater capacity to lower metabolic syndrome risk factors in sedentary individuals with at least 2 metabolic syndrome risk factors. We also examined if statins impacted exercise response for mitochondrial content in muscle or aerobic fitness.
Phase:
N/A
Details
Lead Sponsor:
University of Kansas Medical Center
Collaborators:
American Heart Association
University of Missouri-Columbia
Treatments:
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
Simvastatin