[Evaluation of sub-maximal aerobic capacity level determined by double product break point (DPBP) among Japanese adults].

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine sub-maximal aerobic capacity levels evaluated by metabolic equivalents (unit is METs) at the double product break point (DPBP) and elucidate the safe and effective average exercise intensity among Japanese adults. A total of 438 subjects (123 males and 315 females) who participated in the exercise prescription course with measurement of the DPBP during a continuous incremental exercise test with a bicycle

Methods: ergometer were enrolled in this study. The DP (heart rate-systolic blood pressure product) featured rapid increase with increasing exercise load during the continuous incremental exercise test.

Weight reduction decreases soluble cellular adhesion molecules in obese women.

1. Obesity is known to increase the risk for atherosclerotic diseases. Serum levels of cellular adhesion molecules are reported to be indices of atherosclerosis.