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Adolescent trajectories of aerobic fitness and adiposity as markers of cardiometabolic risk in adulthood

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posted on 2018-02-01, 11:25 authored by Stefan A. Jackowski, J.C. Eisenmann, Lauren SherarLauren Sherar, Donald A. Bailey, Adam D.G. Baxter-Jones
Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate whether adolescent growth trajectories of aerobic fitness and adiposity were associated with mid-adulthood cardiometabolic risk (CMR). Methods: Participants were drawn from the Saskatchewan Growth and Development Study (1963-1973). Adolescent growth trajectories for maximal aerobic capacity (absolute VO2 (AbsVO2)), skinfolds (SF), representing total body (Sum6SF) and central adiposity (TrunkSF), and body mass index (BMI) were determined from 7 to 17 years of age. In mid-adulthood (40 to 50 years of age), 61 individuals (23 females) returned for follow-ups. A CMR score was calculated to group participants as displaying either high or a low CMR. Multilevel hierarchical models were constructed, comparing the adolescent growth trajectories of AbsVO2, Sum6SF, TrunkSF, and BMI between CMR groupings. Results: There were no significant differences in the adolescent development of AbsVO2, Sum6SF, TrunkSF, and BMI between adult CMR groupings (p > 0.05). Individuals with high CMR accrued 62% greater adjusted total body fat percentage from adolescence to adulthood (p=0.03). Conclusions: Growth trajectories of adolescent aerobic fitness and adiposity do not appear to be associated with mid-adulthood CMR. Individuals should be encouraged to participate in behaviours that promote healthy aerobic fitness and adiposity levels throughout life to reduce lifelong CMR.

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This study was supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (ROP-85582).

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  • Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

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J Obes

Volume

2017

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6471938 - ?

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JACKOWSKI, S.A., 2017. Adolescent trajectories of aerobic fitness and adiposity as markers of cardiometabolic risk in adulthood. Journal of Obesity, 2017: 6471938.

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© The Authors. Published by Hindawi Publishing Corporation

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by/4.0/

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2017-08-24

Publication date

2017

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This is an Open Access Article. It is published by Hindawi under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported Licence (CC BY). Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

ISSN

2090-0708

eISSN

2090-0716

Language

  • en

Location

United States

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