2.1. Participants
coronary artery dysfunction, cerebrovascular and peripheral vascular disorders
OBESE, DIABETES MELLITUS, INSULIN RESISTANCE, BRONCHIAL DISEASE, HYPOTHYROIDISM, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
In this 12-week randomized controlled trial, forty-two obese premenopausal women (aged 40 to 50 years) were screened and divided into two groups at random: the intervention group (CAST-CR), who underwent CAST with caloric restriction, or the control group (AT-CR), who received aerobic training in addition to caloric restriction, as shown in Patients were chosen to participate in this study upon meeting the following eligibility criteria: premenopausal women who were obese and reported insulin resistance with a HOMA-IR cutoff value of 1.62 [Subjects with coronary artery dysfunction, diabetes mellitus, cerebrovascular and peripheral vascular disorders, high blood pressure, hypothyroidism, and persistent bronchial disease, as well as those on drugs known to have an effect on physical activity or metabolism or those who were unable to perform the essential testing procedures, were excluded. 