Pizzi, Juliana, Furtado-Alle, Lupe, Schiavoni, Durcelina, Lopes, Wendell Arthur, da Rosa Silva, Larissa, Bono, Gleyse Freire, Rodrigues Souza, Ricardo Lehtonen, and Leite, Neiva
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of 12 wks of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) on butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) and cardiovascular risk factors in obese adolescents. The subjects were 54 obese adolescents, divided into two groups: the high-intensity interval training group (HIITG, n = 20) and the control group (CG, n = 34). The HIIT resulted in a significant decrease in BMI z-score, WC, TC, LDL-C and BChE activity (P<0.05). The CG showed a significant increase in BChE (P = 0.05) with no change in BMI, BMI z-score, CC, TC, LDL-C, HDL-C and TG. The decrease in BChE activity with HIIT training was accompanied by the decrease in biochemical markers, thus indicating that the BChE activity can be used as a secondary marker for cardiovascular risk factors that are associated with child and adolescent obesity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]