Trial reportJournal of internal medicine2013
Effects of individual and combined dietary weight loss and exercise interventions in postmenopausal women on adiponectin and leptin levels.
Trial report in Journal of internal medicine, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 61 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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61 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 136 citations in OpenAlex.
- Assessing the evidence for health benefits of low-level weight loss: a systematic review.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Pooled it
- Unveiling the perfect workout: exercise modalities and dosages to ameliorate adipokine dysregulation in individuals with overweight and obesity: a systematic review with pairwise, network, and dose-response meta-analyses.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of long-term exercise on circulating ghrelin in overweight and obese individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of exercise on abdominal obesity and inflammatory response in the older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Pooled it
- The impact of exercise and dietary interventions on circulating leptin and adiponectin in individuals who are overweight and those with obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2023Pooled it
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- A Systematic Review of the Impact of Physical Exercise-Induced Increased Resting Cerebral Blood Flow on Cognitive Functions.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2022Pooled it
- The Effect of Chronic Exercise Training on Leptin: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2018Pooled it
- Effects of weight loss interventions for adults who are obese on mortality, cardiovascular disease, and cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2017Pooled it
- In middle-aged and old obese patients, training intervention reduces leptin level: A meta-analysis.PloS one · 2017Pooled it
- Effect of Different Intensities of Aerobic Exercise Combined with Resistance Exercise on Body Fat, Lipid Profiles, and Adipokines in Middle-Aged Women with Obesity.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Trial
- Association of cognition with leptin and vascular endothelial growth factor in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2022Trial
- Supervised versus autonomous exercise training in breast cancer patients: A multicenter randomized clinical trial.Cancer medicine · 2018Trial
- Decreased lipogenesis-promoting factors in adipose tissue in postmenopausal women with overweight on a Paleolithic-type diet.European journal of nutrition · 2018Trial
- Long Term Effect of Intensive Lifestyle Intervention on Cerebral Blood Flow.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2018Trial
- Long-Term Effects of Weight Loss and Exercise on Biomarkers Associated with Angiogenesis.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2017Trial
- Dietary Weight Loss and Exercise Effects on Serum Biomarkers of Angiogenesis in Overweight Postmenopausal Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Cancer research · 2016Trial
- Palaeolithic diet decreases fasting plasma leptin concentrations more than a diabetes diet in patients with type 2 diabetes: a randomised cross-over trial.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2016Trial
- Addition of Exercise Increases Plasma Adiponectin and Release from Adipose Tissue.Medicine and science in sports and exercise · 2015Trial
- Effect of Vitamin D3 Supplementation in Combination with Weight Loss on Inflammatory Biomarkers in Postmenopausal Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2015Trial
1 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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15 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundExcess body weight and a sedentary lifestyle are associated with the development of several diseases, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer in women. One proposed mechanism linking obesity to chronic diseases is an alteration in adipose-derived adiponectin and leptin levels. We investigated the effects of 12-month reduced calorie, weight loss and exercise interventions on adiponectin and leptin concentrations.
methodsOverweight/obese postmenopausal women (n = 439) were randomized as follows: (i) a reduced calorie, weight-loss diet (diet; N = 118), (ii) moderate-to-vigorous intensity aerobic exercise (exercise; N = 117), (iii) a combination of a reduced calorie, weight-loss diet and moderate-to-vigorous intensity aerobic exercise (diet + exercise; N = 117), and (iv) control (N = 87). The reduced calorie diet had a 10% weight-loss goal. The exercise intervention consisted of 45 min of moderate-to-vigorous aerobic activity 5 days per week. Adiponectin and leptin levels were measured at baseline and after 12 months of intervention using a radioimmunoassay.
resultsAdiponectin increased by 9.5% in the diet group and 6.6% in the diet + exercise group (both P ≤ 0.0001 vs. control). Compared with controls, leptin decreased with all interventions (diet + exercise, -40.1%, P < 0.0001; diet, -27.1%, P < 0.0001; exercise, -12.7%, P = 0.005). The results were not influenced by the baseline body mass index (BMI). The degree of weight loss was inversely associated with concentrations of adiponectin (diet, P-trend = 0.0002; diet + exercise, P-trend = 0.0005) and directly associated with leptin (diet, P-trend < 0.0001; diet + exercise, P-trend < 0.0001).
conclusionWeight loss through diet or diet + exercise increased adiponectin concentrations. Leptin concentrations decreased in all of the intervention groups, but the greatest reduction occurred with diet + exercise. Weight loss and exercise exerted some beneficial effects on chronic diseases via effects on adiponectin and leptin.
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