Vascular and Neuro-inflammatory Effects of Endurance Exercise Training in African Americans

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Conditions studied: Vascular Health, Autonomic Function

In brief

The purpose of this study is to test the effects of endurance exercise training on arterial structure and function, and to examine potential mechanisms producing changes in arterial structure and function in young (18-35 years of age) African Americans when compared to Caucasians.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01024634

Run by

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

People needed

91

Starts

2009-09-01

Expected to finish

2012-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-12-17

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 35. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Subjects in good health with no cardiovascular, metabolic, or inflammatory disease, who do not use cardiovascular medications or antioxidant vitamin supplementation, including use of anti-inflammatory (including aspirin) or steroidal substances in the past 2 months will be inlcuded

You may not qualify if…

• Subjects who smoke, are severely obese (body mass index > 35 kg/m2), or who have hypertension (blood pressure >140/90mmHg), diabetes (fasting glucose >110mg/dl), hyperlipidemia, inflammatory disease (rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus, etc) or diagnosed cardiovascular disease including, coronary heart disease, hypertension and cardiac arrhythmia or renal disease, will be excluded

Where it is running

• Kinesiology and Community Health Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign — Urbana, Illinois, United States

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