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Aerobic exercise improves LDL particle quality (size/density) and reduces postprandial triglycerides, even when total fasting LDL-C levels remain unchanged.

Don't be discouraged if your total LDL number stays the same. Exercise makes your LDL particles larger and less dangerous, which protects your arteries. This benefit occurs even without weight loss.

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LDL-C did not change significantly, but the concentration of atherogenic small LDL particles decreased, and the average size of LDL particles increased
Yating Wang et al. · Lipids in Health and Disease · 2017

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Findings are described as 'discordant' and 'discrepant' in the text, requiring more studies.

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Effects of aerobic exercise on lipids and lipoproteins

Yating Wang et al. · Lipids in Health and Disease · 2017

DOI 10.1186/s12944-017-0515-5

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