Authors
Enrique G Artero, Jonatan R Ruiz, Francisco B Ortega, Vanesa España‐Romero, Germán Vicente‐Rodríguez, Dénes Molnar, Frederic Gottrand, Marcela González‐Gross, Christina Breidenassel, Luis A Moreno, Angel Gutiérrez, HELENA Study Group
Publication date
2011/12
Journal
Pediatric diabetes
Volume
12
Issue
8
Pages
704-712
Publisher
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Description
Artero EG, Ruiz JR, Ortega FB, España‐Romero V, Vicente‐Rodríguez G, Molnar D, Gottrand F, González‐Gross M, Breidenassel C, Moreno LA, Gutiérrez A; on behalf of the HELENA Study Group. Muscular and cardiorespiratory fitness are independently associated with metabolic risk in adolescents: the HELENA study.
Objective: To examine the independent associations of muscular and cardiorespiratory fitness with clustered metabolic risk in adolescents.
Methods: Participants were 709 adolescents (346 boys) from 10 European centers, aged 12.5–17.5 yr, evaluated as a part of the Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescents cross‐sectional study (HELENA‐CSS). A muscular fitness score was computed using handgrip strength and standing long jump. Cardiorespiratory fitness was measured using the 20‐m shuttle run test. Age‐ and gender‐specific z‐scores of waist circumference, systolic blood …
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