Effect of 8 Weeks of Vitamin D Supplementation and Water-Based Exercise on Cardiometabolic Profile in Women With Type 2 Diabetes
Abstract BackgroundSince type 2 diabetes is the most common metabolic disease, it is necessary to know the factors affecting on the complications of this disease. The aim of this study was to investigate the Effect of 8 weeks of vitamin D supplementation and water exercise on cardiometabolic profile in women with type 2 diabetes.Methods40 women with type 2 diabetes participated in this study voluntarily and randomly divided to four groups: 1) vitamin D+ water exercise, 2) vitamin D, 3) water exercise, and 4) control groups. Water exercise groups (groups 1 and 3) performed 3 sessions of water training per week during 8 weeks (15 minutes of warm-up, 45 to 60 minutes of main activity with a Borg scale of 14 and 10 minutes of cooling). Vitamin D groups (groups 1 and 2) received 50,000 (IU) vitamin D supplements once a week. Levels of fasting blood sugar (FBS), insulin, hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), C- reactive protein (CRP) levels, as well as lipid protein profile (triglyceride, total cholesterol, high and low density lipoproteins (LDL and HDL)) were measured before and after intervention. Insulin resistance was also obtained by calculating HOMA-IR.ResultsWeight, waist circumference, and body fat mass were significantly decrease after intervention in Vitamin D+ water exercise group (P= 0.001, 0.001, 0.032, and 0.013 respectively), as well as CRP, glycemic and lipid profile were significantly improved after intervention in water exercise group.ConclusionThe results of the present study showed that water exercise plus vitamin D supplementation had synergism beneficial effects on anthropometric indices and cardiometabolic status of type 2 diabetic patients and can be used as a non-pharmacological and non-invasive method to reduce complications of type 2 diabetes. Iranian Clinical Trials Registry number: IRCT20201223049811N1, data of registration: 12.01.2021; https://en.irct.ir/trial/53230