title: Aerobic capacity and future cardiovascular risk in Indian community from a low-income area in Cauca, Colombia.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Several studies indicates that children's aerobic capacity levels are predictors of the future risk of non-communicable diseases. Therefore, the aim of this study was to establish the proportion of subjects whose aerobic capacity is indicative of future cardiovascular risk in Indian-Nasa community from a low-income area in Cauca, Colombia.
  
  
  METHODS
  We performed a cross-sectional analysis of morphological component (height, weight, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, triceps skinfold, subscapular skinfold, and body fat percent [BF%]), and the cardiorespiratory component (course-navette 20 m, shuttle run test and estimation of maximal oxygen consumption by indirect VO2max) from 576 participants (319 boys and 257 girls) aged 10 to 17.9 years, using the standardized FUPRECOL test battery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We showed that the boys performed better than the girls in cardiorespiratory fitness. The proportion of subjects with an aerobic capacity indicative of future cardiovascular risk was 7.3%. By sex, 3.8% of boys and 11.7% of girls (X2p = 0.001) displayed an unhealthy aerobic capacity in this study.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings of this study that provide the first data on aerobic capacity health for Colombian Nasa Indian children and adolescents aged 10-17.9 years. Although the known loss of aerobic capacity is a serious consequence of the future risk of non-communicable diseases, the deterioration of physical fitness deserves increased attention among indigenous population.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudios para la Medición de la Actividad Física «CEMA», Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad del Rosario, Bogota, DC, 111221, Colombia. robinson.ramirez@urosario.edu.co.
authors.forename: Robinson
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ramírez-Vélez
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudios para la Medición de la Actividad Física «CEMA», Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad del Rosario, Bogota, DC, 111221, Colombia.
authors.forename: Jorge Enrique
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Correa-Bautista
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Investigación en Pedagogía, Licenciatura en Ciencias del Deporte y la Educación Física, Institución Universitaria Antonio José Camacho, Cali, Colombia.
authors.forename: Jeison Alexander
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ramos-Sepúlveda
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Investigación en Pedagogía, Licenciatura en Ciencias del Deporte y la Educación Física, Institución Universitaria Antonio José Camacho, Cali, Colombia.
authors.forename: Carlos Andrés
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Piñeros-Álvarez
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Investigación en Pedagogía, Licenciatura en Ciencias del Deporte y la Educación Física, Institución Universitaria Antonio José Camacho, Cali, Colombia.
authors.forename: Lorena Isabel
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Giraldo
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences, Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain.
authors.forename: Mikel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Izquierdo
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Ciencias de la Actividad Física, el Deporte y la Salud, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, USACH, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: García-Hermoso
authors.affiliation: IRyS Group, Physical Education School, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaiso, Valparaíso, Chile.
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Rodríguez
authors.affiliation: IRyS Group, Physical Education School, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaiso, Valparaíso, Chile.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cristi-Montero
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000886:Anthropometry; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000191:economics / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D003105:Colombia / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005080:Exercise Test; D017079:Exercise Tolerance / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D010809:Physical Fitness / Q000502:physiology*; D011203:Poverty / Q000208:ethnology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Aerobic fitness; Cardiometabolic health; Cardiorespiratory fitness; Chronic diseases; Indigenous; Physical fitness; Risk factors