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Purpose. To compare systolic and diastolic blood pressures using the FitnessGram criterion-referenced standards for body composition and cardiorespiratory fitness in Brazilian young people. Methods. The study had a cross-sectional design. With institutional approval, a sample of 874 students aged 13–18 years enrolled in public schools in a medium size town in Southern Brazil took part in this study. Body mass index was calculated to represent the subjects’ body composition. The progressive aerobic cardiovascular endurance run (PACER) test was applied to estimate aerobic capacity. The participants were classified by using the FitnessGram criterion-referenced standards. Systolic and diastolic blood pressures were assessed with the oscillometric method. Results. Multivariate analyses of covariance indicated that the blood pressure of boys (Wilks’ lambda = 0.97, F (6, 834) = 2.48, p < 0.05, ES = 0.02) and girls (Wilks’ lambda = 0.94, F (6, 886) = 4.89, p < 0.01, ES = 0.03) differed between fitness zones for body composition. The analyses showed that blood pressure also varied across cardiorespiratory fitness zones for girls (Wilks’ lambda = 0.98, F (4, 886) = 2.69, p < 0.05, ES = 0.01) but not for boys. Conclusions. Reaching the health fitness zone of the criterion-referenced standards for body composition seems to be associated with lower blood pressure in boys and girls. Cardiorespiratory fitness had a similar effect solely in girls.
Author(s): Arruda GA, Coledam DHC, Greca JP, Teixeira M, Pires-Júnior R, Oliveira AR
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Human Movement
Year: 2020
Volume: 21
Issue: 2
Pages: 32-41
Online publication date: 22/01/2020
Acceptance date: 03/10/2019
ISSN (electronic): 1899-1955
Publisher: Termedia Publishing House
URL: https://doi.org/10.5114/hm.2020.89912
DOI: 10.5114/hm.2020.89912
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