Gene - Exercise Research Study (GERS)

University of Maryland

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors

Treatments: Behavioral: Endurance exercise training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00976742

AG17474

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators hypothesize that the degree to which older generally healthy but sedentary men and women improve a number of cardiovascular (CV) disease risk factors with 6 months of highly-standardized endurance exercise training will be a function of common genetic variations in candidate genes.

Enrollment: 225 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• generally healthy
• free from CV disease
• ability to undergo exercise training

Exclusion criteria

• previous history of CV disease

Trial design

225 participants in 1 patient group

Endurance Exercise Training

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Endurance exercise training