Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Adiposity, and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Schoolchildren: The FUPRECOL Study

West J Nurs Res. 2017 Oct;39(10):1311-1329. doi: 10.1177/0193945916664900. Epub 2016 Aug 22.

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.

Keywords: adiposity; cardiorespiratory fitness; cardiovascular risk; schoolchildren.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adiposity*
  • Adolescent
  • Analysis of Variance
  • Blood Pressure
  • Body Weight
  • C-Reactive Protein / analysis
  • Cardiorespiratory Fitness*
  • Child
  • Cholesterol / analysis
  • Cholesterol / blood
  • Colombia / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Glucose / analysis
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Obesity / complications
  • Obesity / epidemiology
  • Risk Factors
  • School Health Services / standards*
  • School Health Services / statistics & numerical data
  • Triglycerides / analysis
  • Triglycerides / blood

Substances

  • Triglycerides
  • C-Reactive Protein
  • Cholesterol
  • Glucose