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Multicenter Study
. 2007 Feb;19(1):93-101.
doi: 10.1123/pes.19.1.93.

Relationship of fitness, fatness, and coronary-heart-disease risk factors in 12- to 13-year-olds

Non-Eleri Thomas  1 , Stephen Mark Cooper, Simon P Williams, Julien S Baker, Bruce Davies
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Multicenter Study

Relationship of fitness, fatness, and coronary-heart-disease risk factors in 12- to 13-year-olds

Non-Eleri Thomas et al. Pediatr Exerc Sci. 2007 Feb.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine relationships between aerobic fitness (AF), fatness, and coronary-heart-disease (CHD) risk factors in 12- to 13-year-olds. The data were obtained from 208 schoolchildren (100 boys; 108 girls) ages 12.9 +/- 0.3 years. Measurements included AF, indices of obesity, blood pressure, blood lipids and lipoproteins, fibrinogen, homocysteine, and C-reactive protein. An inverse relationship was found between AF and fatness (p <or= .05). Fatness was related to a greater number of CHD risk factors than fitness was (p <or= .05). Further analysis revealed fatness to be an independent predictor of triglyceride and blood-pressure levels (p <or= .05). Our findings indicate that, for young people, fatness rather than fitness is independently related to CHD risk factors.

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