THE SIMILAR CHANGES OF GLUCOSE LEVELS BEFORE AND AFTER MODERATE INTENSITY EXERCISE ACUTELY IN THE MORNING AND NIGHT

• Main Authors: Ronik Harsono Kamal, -, Kristanti Wanito Wigati, -, Achmad Lefi, Achmad
• Format: Article PeerReviewed
• Language: English; Indonesian; English
• Published: Universitas Airlangga
• Subjects: R5-920 Medicine (General)
• Online Access: https://repository.unair.ac.id/128146/1/9.%20THE%20SIMILAR.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/128146/2/9.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/128146/3/9.%20THE%20SIMILAR%20CHANGES%20OF%20GLUCOSE%20LEVELS%20BEFORE%20AND%20AFTER%20MODERATE.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/128146/; https://e-journal.unair.ac.id/MBIO/article/view/21799; https://doi.org/10.20473/mbiom.v30i2.2020.39-44

Background: There is a lot of research on the importance of exercise but studies on the effective time of exercise regarding regulation of blood glucose levels are not clearly known. Objective: This study aimed to determine the comparison of changes in blood glucose levels before and after moderate intensity physical exercise in the morning and evening. Materials and Methods: Healthy men (n=34), age between 17-22 years, Body Mass Index (BMI) between 18.5-22.9 kg/m2 (normal Asia Pacific), participating in the morning (8.00 am) or evening group (20.00 pm) are asked to do moderate intensity physical exercise (55-70% of maximum heart rate) using ergocycle for a total of 40 minutes. Blood glucose levels 2 hours post prandial capillaries were taken before exercise and blood glucose levels after exercise were taken acutely. Results: The mean decrease in blood glucose levels in the morning group was ± 8.353 ± 9.16 mg/dL and in the evening group was ± 6.294 ± 10.10 mg/dL. Blood glucose levels decreased significantly for the morning group (p=0.002) and the evening group (p=0.021). The comparison of changes in blood glucose levels between the morning and evening groups was not significant (p=0.538). Conclusion: There was no difference between morning or evening exercise related to changes in blood glucose levels.