title: The relationship of treadmill test performance to blood pressure and other cardiovascular risk factors in adolescents.
abstract: Associations between treadmill test performance, blood pressure, and other cardiovascular risk factors in over 6000 adolescents, aged 12 to 17 years, were examined with data from the third cycle of the National Health Examination Survey. Exercise tolerance was measured by a 5-minute submaximal treadmill test. Estimated VO2 increased with age in boys but decreased with age in girls. VO2 was higher in boys than girls and similar in black and white subjects. Exercise heart rate was significantly correlated with blood pressure in white boys and girls and with obesity in white and black persons. A small but significant association between exercise heart rate and systolic blood pressure was demonstrated in white boys and girls independent of age and obesity. Aerobic exercise may be useful in adolescents for prevention of adult hypertension by means of obesity control and improved cardiopulmonary fitness.
authors.affiliation: Office of Analysis and Epidemiology, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD 20782.
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Gillum
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010100:Oxygen / Q000502:physiology; D010809:Physical Fitness; D012119:Respiration; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen