@article{article_343586, title={THE EFFECT OF TWO DIFFERENT EIGHT-WEEK WALKING PROGRAMS ON AEROBIC CAPACITY, BLOOD LIPID PROFILE, AND HOMOCYSTEINE LEVELS IN MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN}, journal={Ege Tıp Dergisi}, volume={44}, pages={87–93}, year={2005}, url={https://izlik.org/JA22YG46RA}, author={Büyükyazı, Gürbüz and Tıkız, Canan and Ulman, Cevval and Tıkız, Hakan and Uyanık, Bekir Sami}, keywords={blood lipids, homocysteine, vitamin B12, folic acid, walking}, abstract={The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of two different eight-week walking programs on aerobic capacity (VO2max), blood lipid profile, homocysteine (Hcy), vitamin B12, and folic acid levels in the middle-aged women. For this purpose, 30 healthy women (aged between 30-50 years) enrolled in the study and were divided into three groups as: brisk walking group (BWG; n=10), moderate tempo walking group (MTWG; n=10) and control group (CG; n=10). Exercise groups walked for eight weeks, five days per week from 30min per day steadily increasing up to 48min. BWG and MTWG walked at ~71% heart rate reserve (HRR), and at ~51%HRR; at the speed of ~6.85±0.32km/h and ~5.20±0.14km/h, respectively. Maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max), blood pressures, serum total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), Hcy, vitamin B12, folic acid levels were measured before and after the study. Favoring BWG, VO2max increased (p}, number={2}