TY - JOUR AU - Atuegbu, Chidiadi M. AU - Meludu, Samuel C. AU - Dioka, Chudi E. AU - Onyenekwe, Charles C. AU - Onuegbu, Jude A. AU - Onah, Christian E. AU - Onyegbule, Onyema A. AU - Analike, Adanma R. AU - Udo, John N. PY - 2017/01/26 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Effect of moderate - vigorous intensity physical exercise on female sex hormones in premenopausal university students in Nnewi, Nigeria JF - International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences JA - Int J Res Med Sci VL - 2 IS - 4 SE - Original Research Articles DO - UR - https://www.msjonline.org/index.php/ijrms/article/view/2453 SP - 1516-1520 AB - <p class="abstract"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Background:</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"> Sedentary lifestyle and diseases associated with it is on the increase in our communities, state and country as a whole. The objective was to determine the effect of exercise on ovarian reserve status of the participants using day 3 FSH, LH and estrogen values and the ovulatory status of the participants using day 21 progesterone values. </span></p><p class="abstract"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Methods:</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"> The study was a prospective comparative study. A total of 30 participants were recruited for this work. They were divided into 2 groups: 15 subjects that did exercise for 1 month and 15 controls that didn’t do any form of exercise. Baseline blood samples were collected from the two groups on day 3 and day 21 of the menstrual cycle. The subjects started exercise on day 1 of the next menstrual cycle. Blood samples were collected from the subjects and control on day 3 and day 21 of the next menstrual cycle. </span></p><p class="abstract"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Results:</span></strong><span lang="EN-US">There was significant reduction in weight and therefore BMI of the study group compared to control group and study group baseline after one month of exercise (P&lt;0.05). </span><span lang="EN-US">There were no significant differences in the baseline levels of Estrogen, FSH, LH and progesterone between the subjects and control groups before the exercise, but after 1 month of exercise, there were significant differences in the levels of estrogen, FSH, LH and progesterone in these groups (P&lt;0.01). Among the study group there were significant differences in the baseline and final levels of Estrogen, FSH, LH and Progesterone (P&lt;0.01). </span></p><p class="abstract"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Conclusions:</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"> The hormonal pattern shows that moderate-vigorous exercise may increase the responsiveness and sensitivity of the follicles to FSH and LH with attendant increase in ovulatory status of young females.</span></p><p class="abstract"> </p> ER -