title: Waist-to-Height Ratio, Aerobic Fitness, and Cardiometabolic Risk in Hispanic Children From Low-Income U.S. Schools.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), aerobic fitness, and cardio-metabolic risk factors in Hispanic children from low-income U.S. schools.
  
  
  
  Participants were 198 Hispanic children from low-income schools (Mean age = 10.3 ± 0.5 years; 119 girls, 79 boys). Waist circumference, height, and cardio-metabolic blood markers were collected in a fasted state. Estimated VO2 Peak scores were also collected. Multilevel generalized mixed effects models were employed to examine the independent effect of WHtR and aerobic fitness classification on a child meeting recommended levels for each cardio-metabolic blood marker.
  
  
  
  A child having a WHtR < 0.5 related to meeting recommended levels for HDL cholesterol (OR = 3.25, p < .01), triglycerides (OR = 2.94, p < .01), glucose (OR = 3.42, p < .01), and related to a lower continuous Mean Arterial Pressure (MAP) score (β = -8.5 mmHg, p < .01). Aerobic fitness classification only independently related to meeting recommended levels for HDL cholesterol (OR = 2.94, p = .010).
  
  
  
  Having a WHtR < 0.5 independently associated with favorable cardio-metabolic blood markers and thus serves as an effective screening tool for cardio-metabolic risk in Hispanic children from low-income schools.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Exercise and Sport Science, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
authors.forename: Ryan D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Burns
authors.forename: Timothy A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Brusseau
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: You
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: James C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Hannon
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010809:Physical Fitness; D011203:Poverty; D012307:Risk Factors; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood; D065927:Waist-Height Ratio
chemical_list: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D014280:Triglycerides