title: Relationship of fitness, fatness, and coronary-heart-disease risk factors in 12- to 13-year-olds.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine relationships between aerobic fitness (AF), fatness, and coronary-heart-disease (CHD) risk factors in 12- to 13-year-olds. The data were obtained from 208 schoolchildren (100 boys; 108 girls) ages 12.9 +/- 0.3 years. Measurements included AF, indices of obesity, blood pressure, blood lipids and lipoproteins, fibrinogen, homocysteine, and C-reactive protein. An inverse relationship was found between AF and fatness (p <or= .05). Fatness was related to a greater number of CHD risk factors than fitness was (p <or= .05). Further analysis revealed fatness to be an independent predictor of triglyceride and blood-pressure levels (p <or= .05). Our findings indicate that, for young people, fatness rather than fitness is independently related to CHD risk factors.
authors.affiliation: School of Sport, Physical Education and Recreation, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, South Wales.
authors.forename: Non-Eleri
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: Stephen Mark
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: Simon P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Julien S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Davies
mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000503:physiopathology; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010809:Physical Fitness / Q000502:physiology*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012885:Skinfold Thickness; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D014280:Triglycerides