Pengaruh Senam Bugar Lansia Terhadap Kadar Trigliserida

: Triglycerides are one of fat body. Elevated levels of triglycerides occur because of obesity, alcohol consumption, sugar, and lack of activity, induced accumulation of triglycerides in the blood. Elderly is individuals with a restriction of physical activity due to physical conditions or disallowance of the family. This restriction leads to reduced physical activity that very useful for lowering triglycerides level. This causes an increase triglyceride levels. This study aims to look at the influence of elderly aerobics exercise on triglyceride levels. This research was an experimental design of the field with pre-post one group test. Samples were 30 elderly that lived in BPLU Senja Cerah, Paniki Bawah. Samples fasting for 8 hours to blood sampling. Tests performed are elderly aerobics exercise performed for 30 minutes in a 3x a week for 3 weeks. The results analyze with paired sample t-test to determine the differenc e in the results triglyceride levels before and after exercise. The obtained results showed a highly significant difference between triglycerides levels before and after exercise with α = 0,004 ( Ttabel (2.045) Elderly aerobics exercise showed a significant effect in reducing trigiyceride levels in the blood