Research Article

The Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Thyroid Hormone Levels in Obese Boys

Volume: 11 Number: 40 August 30, 2020
  • Nuray Satılmış
  • Yahya Polat
  • Behzat Çimen
  • Leyla Cimen
  • İhsan Çetin *
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The Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Thyroid Hormone Levels in Obese Boys

Abstract

Aim: Although beneficial effects of physical exercises on adulthood obesity are well known, it is unclear how physical exercises affect thyroid hormone related body composition, basal metabolic rate and thermogenesis in obese children. Our objective is to examine the effects of physical exercise program on 3-5-3’triiodothyronine (T3) and 3-5-3’-5’tetraiodothyronine (T4) in obese boys.
Materials and Method: Our study consisted of 10 obese boys (aged from 13 to 15) and a control group of 10 healthy boys age and gender matched. Before exercise program, 10 ml blood samples were taken from the obese and control group boys; and 10 ml blood samples were taken from the obese boys after program exercise 3 days/week for 12 weeks. The lipid profiles, creatine kinase (CK), creatine kinase-MB, T3 and T4 levels in blood samples were measured for both groups.
Results: In present study, it was found that control group and obese boys after aerobic exercise had significantly higher T3 and T4 levels (1.63±0.17; 9.80±0.93 and 1.70±0.10; 10.1±0.54, respectively) and significantly lower CK levels (142.7±4.11 and 151.8±3.70, respectively) than those of obese boys before aerobic exercise (1.19±0.81; 7.37±0.47 and 165.3±2.49, respectively). Furthermore, it was found that aerobic exercise significantly decreased triglyceride and cholesterol levels in obese boys (104.0±3.77 and 193.7±2.90, respectively).
Conclusion: When these findings are taken into account, it may be suggested that aerobic exercises can help with the improvement of decreased thyroid hormone levels which may be cause a weight increase together with a decrease in basal metabolic rate and thermogenesis in obese boys. 

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Health Care Administration

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

August 30, 2020

Submission Date

April 18, 2019

Acceptance Date

May 3, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 11 Number: 40

APA
Satılmış, N., Polat, Y., Çimen, B., Cimen, L., & Çetin, İ. (2020). The Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Thyroid Hormone Levels in Obese Boys. The Medical Journal of Mustafa Kemal University, 11(40), 48-54. https://doi.org/10.17944/mkutfd.554638
AMA
1.Satılmış N, Polat Y, Çimen B, Cimen L, Çetin İ. The Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Thyroid Hormone Levels in Obese Boys. mkutfd. 2020;11(40):48-54. doi:10.17944/mkutfd.554638
Chicago
Satılmış, Nuray, Yahya Polat, Behzat Çimen, Leyla Cimen, and İhsan Çetin. 2020. “The Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Thyroid Hormone Levels in Obese Boys”. The Medical Journal of Mustafa Kemal University 11 (40): 48-54. https://doi.org/10.17944/mkutfd.554638.
EndNote
Satılmış N, Polat Y, Çimen B, Cimen L, Çetin İ (August 1, 2020) The Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Thyroid Hormone Levels in Obese Boys. The Medical Journal of Mustafa Kemal University 11 40 48–54.
IEEE
[1]N. Satılmış, Y. Polat, B. Çimen, L. Cimen, and İ. Çetin, “The Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Thyroid Hormone Levels in Obese Boys”, mkutfd, vol. 11, no. 40, pp. 48–54, Aug. 2020, doi: 10.17944/mkutfd.554638.
ISNAD
Satılmış, Nuray - Polat, Yahya - Çimen, Behzat - Cimen, Leyla - Çetin, İhsan. “The Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Thyroid Hormone Levels in Obese Boys”. The Medical Journal of Mustafa Kemal University 11/40 (August 1, 2020): 48-54. https://doi.org/10.17944/mkutfd.554638.
JAMA
1.Satılmış N, Polat Y, Çimen B, Cimen L, Çetin İ. The Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Thyroid Hormone Levels in Obese Boys. mkutfd. 2020;11:48–54.
MLA
Satılmış, Nuray, et al. “The Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Thyroid Hormone Levels in Obese Boys”. The Medical Journal of Mustafa Kemal University, vol. 11, no. 40, Aug. 2020, pp. 48-54, doi:10.17944/mkutfd.554638.
Vancouver
1.Nuray Satılmış, Yahya Polat, Behzat Çimen, Leyla Cimen, İhsan Çetin. The Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Thyroid Hormone Levels in Obese Boys. mkutfd. 2020 Aug. 1;11(40):48-54. doi:10.17944/mkutfd.554638