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Effects of regular endurance exercise on GlycA: Combined analysis of 14 exercise interventions.
Synthesis in Atherosclerosis, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Indices of obesity, malnutrition and inflammation are strong predictors of mortality in adults with type 2 diabetes: the FIELD study.Diabetologia · 2026Article
- A mediating role of visceral adipose tissue on the association of health behaviours and metabolic inflammation in menopause: a population-based cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Changes in Specific Biomarkers Indicate Cardiac Adaptive and Anti-inflammatory Response of Repeated Recreational SCUBA Diving.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Article
- Regular exercise and patterns of response across multiple cardiometabolic traits: the HERITAGE family study.British journal of sports medicine · 2022Article
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- GlycA measured by NMR spectroscopy is associated with disease activity and cardiovascular disease risk in chronic inflammatory diseases.American journal of preventive cardiology · 2020Review
- GlycA: A New Biomarker for Systemic Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Risk Assessment.Journal of laboratory and precision medicine · 2020Article
- Title: Human Serum/Plasma Glycoprotein Analysis byJournal of clinical medicine · 2020Review
- Intense Physical Exercise Induces an Anti-inflammatory Change in IgG N-Glycosylation Profile.Frontiers in physiology · 2019Article
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Abstract
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aimsGlycA is a relatively new biomarker for inflammation as well as cardiometabolic disease risk. However, the effect of exercise on GlycA is largely unknown. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the effects of regular exercise on the inflammatory marker GlycA across seven studies and 14 exercise interventions.
methodsNuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, specifically signal amplitudes originating from the N-acetyl methyl group protons of the N-acetylglucosamine residues on the glycan branches of glycoproteins, was used to quantify GlycA concentrations. GlycA was measured before and after completion of an exercise intervention in 1568 individuals across seven studies and 14 exercise interventions. Random effects inverse variance weighting models were used to pool effects across interventions.
resultsCombined analysis of unadjusted data showed that regular exercise significantly (p = 2 × 10
conclusionsRegular exercise significantly reduced plasma GlycA across 14 different exercise interventions despite differences in exercise programs and study populations. The current study provides a greater understanding of the use of exercise as a potential therapy for the reduction of systemic inflammation. Further research is needed to understand the mechanisms behind the exercise-related reductions in GlycA.
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