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Clustering of cardiometabolic risk factors can occur during childhood and predisposes individuals to cardiometabolic disease. This study calculated clustered cardiometabolic risk in 100 children and adolescents aged 10–14 years (59 girls) and explored differences according to cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) levels and time spent at different physical activity (PA) intensities. CRF was determined using a maximal cycle ergometer test, and PA was assessed using accelerometry. A cardiometabolic risk score was computed as the sum of the standardised scores for waist circumference, blood pressure, total cholesterol/high-density lipoprotein ratio, triglycerides and glucose. Differences in clustered cardiometabolic risk between fit and unfit participants, according to previously proposed health-related threshold values, and between tertiles for PA subcomponents were assessed using ANCOVA. Clustered risk was significantly lower (p < 0.001) in the fit group (mean 1.21 ± 3.42) compared to the unfit group (mean −0.74 ± 2.22), while no differences existed between tertiles for any subcomponent of PA. Conclusion These findings suggest that CRF may have an important cardioprotective role in children and adolescents and highlights the importance of promoting CRF in youth.
Author(s): Bailey DP, Boddy LM, Savory LA, Denton SJ, Kerr CJ
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: European Journal of Pediatrics
Year: 2012
Volume: 171
Issue: 9
Pages: 1317-1323
Print publication date: 01/09/2012
ISSN (print): 0340-6199
ISSN (electronic): 1432-1076
Publisher: Springer
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00431-012-1719-3
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-012-1719-3
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