ArticleArchives of disease in childhood2004
Greek adolescents, fitness, fatness, fat intake, activity, and coronary heart disease risk.
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- Relationships of cardiorespiratory fitness with metabolic risk factors, inflammation, and liver transaminases in overweight youths.International journal of pediatrics · 2010Article
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- Relations between obesity and hypertension: preliminary data from a cross-sectional study in primary schoolchildren: the children study.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2006Article
- Does living in urban or rural settings affect aspects of physical fitness in children? An allometric approach.British journal of sports medicine · 2005Article
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Abstract
backgroundA dramatic increase in adult mortality rates from coronary heart disease (CHD) in Greece, accompanied by increased prevalence of CHD risk factors in children, has been documented. However, there is controversy about the independent effects of certain lifestyle parameters on primary CHD risk factors. AIMS AND
methodsTo examine the association between CHD risk factors (HDL-C, LDL-C, HDL-C/TC, triglycerides, systolic and diastolic blood pressure) and lifestyle parameters (fitness, fatness, fat intake, and physical activity) in 210 12-year old Greek pupils.
resultsCorrecting for the fixed factors of gender and maturation, analyses of covariance (ANCOVA) with backward elimination of the lifestyle covariates revealed significant associations between three CHD risk factors (HDL-C, HDL-C/TC, systolic blood pressure) and physical activity levels. In contrast, the covariates aerobic fitness, fatness and fat intake failed to reach significance with any of the CHD risk factors.
conclusionsIn Greek schoolchildren, primary CHD risk factors are mainly associated with physical activity levels, independently of fitness, fatness, and/or fat intake. Prevention strategies should concentrate on enhancing physical activity early in life, if the increased prevalence of Greek adult CHD mortality is to be diminished.
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