Comparison of Traditional Chinese Exercise and Equipment-Based Exercise on Glycaemic Control and Vitamin D Levels in Middle-Aged and Elderly Patients With Prediabetes: A Randomised Controlled Trial.

What Was Tested

This randomized controlled trial looks at Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc.

This study compared the effects of Traditional Chinese Exercise (TCE) and Kuanle Equipment Exercise (KEE) on glycaemic measures, lipid profiles, body composition and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 [25(OH)D3] in middle-aged and elderly adults with prediabetes.

Who Took Part

The abstract describes 62 participants taking part.

By PubMed's age tags, the people studied were middle-aged adults and older adults, both men and women.

Participants were randomly assigned to control (usual care, n = 21), TCE (n = 20), or KEE (n = 21).

How the Study Was Run

The researchers set it up as a randomized study.

Random assignment meant chance, not the researchers, decided who got Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc and who got the comparison, which limits bias.

Primary outcomes included fasting plasma glucose (FPG), 2-h OGTT glucose, glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) and serum 25(OH)D3.

Secondary outcomes comprised triglycerides, total cholesterol, LDL-C, HDL-C and body composition.

What Was Measured

This study compared the effects of Traditional Chinese Exercise (TCE) and Kuanle Equipment Exercise (KEE) on glycaemic measures, lipid profiles, body composition and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 [25(OH)D3] in middle-aged and elderly adults with prediabetes.

The subject headings attached to it are Blood Glucose, Calcifediol, Exercise, Exercise Therapy, Glycated Hemoglobin, Glycemic Control and Prediabetic State.

The authors tagged it with the keywords elderly, glucose metabolism, middle‐aged, prediabetes, randomised controlled trial and traditional Chinese exercise.

What This Means in Plain Language

The paper is a randomized study of Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc in 62 participants.

Its findings take up roughly 8 sentences of the abstract and are left out here on purpose; the source paper is the place to read them.

The publication is from 2026 (Endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism), a journal based in England.

More context: the Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc compound page, all human trials.