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Muscular fitness and clustered cardiovascular disease risk in Australian youth
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Magnussen, CG and Schmidt, MD and Dwyer, T and Venn, A, Muscular fitness and clustered cardiovascular disease risk in Australian youth, European Journal of Applied Physiology, 112, (8) pp. 3167-3171. ISSN 1439-6327 (2012) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2011 Springer-Verlag
DOI: doi:10.1007/s00421-011-2286-4
Abstract
Low cardiorespiratory Wtness (CRF) is a risk
factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) but the association
of muscular fitness phenotypes (strength, endurance
and power) on CVD risk in youth has not been examined.
We examined the cross-sectional association
between muscular fitness phenotypes with individual
and clustered CVD risk factors and determined if any
potential associations are independent of CRF. Participants
were 1,642 youth aged 9, 12, and 15 years from the
Australian Schools Health and Fitness Survey that had
muscular strength (dynamometer), power (standing
long-jump), and endurance (push-ups) as well as CRF
(1.6 km run-time) measured. Outcomes included established
risk factors (body mass index, waist circumference,
blood lipids and blood pressure) and a clustered
CVD risk-score. Muscular strength, endurance, and
power were inversely associated with clustered CVD
risk (all P < 0.05). After adjustment for body mass
index, the association remained for muscular endurance
and power (all P ≤ 0.001), but not strength. Muscular
power was inversely related to prevalence of clustered
CVD risk (≥ 80th percentile) within low (Ptrend < 0.001),
moderate (Ptrend < 0.001), and high (Ptrend = 0.001) CRF
categories. Among youth, low muscular fitness levels as
well as low CRF should be avoided for primary CVD
prevention.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | muscular fitness, cardiovascular disease, risk factors, cardiorespiratory fitness, adolescents, children |
| Research Division: | Medical and Health Sciences |
| Research Group: | Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology |
| Research Field: | Cardiology (incl. Cardiovascular Diseases) |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions) |
| Objective Field: | Cardiovascular System and Diseases |
| Author: | Magnussen, CG (Dr Costan Magnussen) |
| Author: | Venn, A (Professor Alison Venn) |
| ID Code: | 75228 |
| Year Published: | 2012 (online first 2011) |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 18 |
| Deposited By: | Menzies Institute for Medical Research |
| Deposited On: | 2012-01-17 |
| Last Modified: | 2013-11-15 |
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