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

Non Eleri Thomas; Stephen Mark Cooper; Simon P. Williams; Julien S. Baker; Bruce Davies

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^*, Stephen Mark Cooper, Simon P. Williams, Julien S. Baker, Bruce Davies

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Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences

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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-yearolds. 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 ≤ .05). Fatness was related to a greater number of CHD risk factors than fitness was (p ≤ .05). Further analysis revealed fatness to be an independent predictor of triglyceride and blood-pressure levels (p ≤ .05). Our findings indicate that, for young people, fatness rather than fitness is independently related to CHD risk factors.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	93-101
Number of pages	9
Journal	Pediatric Exercise Science
Volume	19
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1123/pes.19.1.93
Publication status	Published - Feb 2007

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Aerobic fitness
CHD
Young people

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