title: Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Adiposity, and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Schoolchildren: The FUPRECOL Study.
abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF) in schoolchildren. A secondary aim was to evaluate the degree of association between overall and abdominal adiposity and CRF in a total of 1,875 children and adolescents attending public schools. We expressed CRF performance as the nearest stage (minute) completed and the estimated peak oxygen consumption. A CVRF ( Z score) was calculated and participants were divided into tertiles according to low and high levels of overall (sum of the skinfold thicknesses) and abdominal adiposity. Schoolchildren with a high-level of overall adiposity demonstrated significant differences in seven of the 10 variables analyzed (i.e., systolic and diastolic blood pressure, triglycerides, triglycerides/high density lipoproteins [HDL-c] ratio, total cholesterol, glucose, C-reactive protein [usCRP], HDL-c, low density lipoproteins [LDL-c], and cardiovascular risk score). Schoolchildren with high levels of both overall and abdominal adiposity and low CRF had the least favorable CVRF score.
authors.affiliation: 1 Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia.
authors.forename: Robinson
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ramírez-Vélez
authors.affiliation: 1 Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia.
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Daza
authors.affiliation: 2 Universidad de Granada, España.
authors.forename: Emilio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: González-Jiménez
authors.affiliation: 2 Universidad de Granada, España.
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schmidt-RioValle
authors.affiliation: 3 Universidad Manuela Beltrán, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia.
authors.forename: Katherine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: González-Ruíz
authors.affiliation: 1 Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia.
authors.forename: Jorge E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Correa-Bautista
mesh_terms: D050154:Adiposity; D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001835:Body Weight; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000032:analysis; D000072599:Cardiorespiratory Fitness; D002648:Child; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood; D003105:Colombia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005947:Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012572:School Health Services / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D014280:Triglycerides; D002097:C-Reactive Protein; D002784:Cholesterol; D005947:Glucose
keywords: adiposity; cardiorespiratory fitness; cardiovascular risk; schoolchildren