12 week exercise intervention using power training (20-50% 1RM) or whole body vibration. Complete 3x10 of 4 lower body exercises with 1-3 minutes rest.
Serum collection is early in the morning while fasted using red top vacutainers.
Participants will continue with regular physician care and any prescribed therapy.
All participants are >65 years and long-term care residents.
The presence of comorbidity is common among participants. Diseases range from T2DM, dementia, stroke, hypertension, Alzheimer disease, GERD, and osteoporosis.
Some participants are taking statins.
High sensitivity CRP-you need to use this to see changes in the range that contributes to most cardiovascular risk
HS-CRP is more sensitive to changes in body adiposity than CRP.
CRP is used to detect an acute phase reaction, when CRP is above the normal range (10 mg/l). In older subjects increased CRP reveal an acutisation of a chronic disease (rheumathoid).
hsCRP is used as a marker for inflammatory prophyle in one subject, indicating in the absence of an acute event, the cardiovascular risk.
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