Relationship of fitness, fatness, and coronary-heart-disease risk factors in 12- to 13-year-olds.
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.
Thomas
Non-Eleri
NE
School of Sport, Physical Education and Recreation, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, South Wales.
Cooper
Stephen Mark
SM
Williams
Simon P
SP
Baker
Julien S
JS
Davies
Bruce
B
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
D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D014280:Triglycerides