Physical Activity Reduces Metabolic Risk via Iron Metabolism: Cross-National Evidence Using the Triglyceride–Glucose Index
Zikang Hao, Xinmeng Guo, Yitao Wang, Guang Yang · 2024
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Zikang Hao, Xinmeng Guo, Yitao Wang, and Guang Yang published this study in 2024. It links physical activity to metabolic health across three large population surveys in China and the United States. The yardstick is the triglyceride-glucose index, a combined blood measure that tracks insulin resistance.
In every data set, more active people showed lower index values, and the link survived heavy statistical adjustment. It ran strongest in men over forty-five. Iron metabolism sat in the middle of the pathway: part of activity's benefit, roughly a tenth, flowed through iron-related measures. The authors read this as evidence that exercise protects metabolic health partly by tuning how the body handles iron. Because the surveys are one-time snapshots, they caution that the study shows association, not proof of cause.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Zikang Hao, Xinmeng Guo, Yitao Wang, Guang Yang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |