Even without the surrounding fat tissue, exercise helped obese mice's blood vessels relax 17% better when exposed to a chemical that promotes widening.

Evidence Quality Assessment

Claim Status

appropriately stated

Study Design Support

Design supports claim

Appropriate Language Strength

association

Can only show association/correlation

Assessment Explanation

The study design is a randomized intervention in mice, but GRADE analysis indicates causation cannot be established for human application, so 'associated with' is appropriate.

Evidence from Studies

Supporting (1)

Aerobic Exercise Attenuates Obesity-Associated Vascular Dysfunction via Restoration of Perivascular Adipose Tissue Homeostasis in Mice

Randomized Controlled Trial

Animal

2025 Jul

Contradicting (0)

No contradicting evidence found

Source Study

Aerobic Exercise Attenuates Obesity-Associated Vascular Dysfunction via Restoration of Perivascular Adipose Tissue Homeostasis in Mice

Score: 14

DOI: 10.5213/inj.2550142.071

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