The Effect of 10 Weeks Resistance Training on Cholesterol and Blood Triglyceride Levels of Patients with Fatty Liver Disease

Fatty liver disease and their complications represent significant public health problem in the world.2,4 Patients with fatty liver diseases express increased levels of cholesterol and triglycerides (TG). These patients are advised to undertake physical exercise1-3 and one way to monitor prognosis of these patients may be accomplished by checking two important markers in the blood, cholesterol and TG. However, the role of physical exercises in regulating cholesterol and TG has not been fully elucidated in different parts of the world including Iran. Fatty liver diseases of these subjects were diagnosed by ultrasonography and from assessment of blood parameters. In this study, a total of 20 patients with fatty liver diseases working at National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC), Iran, were enrolled. The ages of the patients varied from 50 to 60 years. The patients were divided in two groups: (1) patients receiving short communication 10.5005/jp-journals-10018-1101