Trial reportPloS one2013
The correlates of body composition with heart rate recovery after step test: an exploratory study of Malaysian adolescents.
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- The effect of the MyBFF@school program on cardiorespiratory fitness in overweight and obese primary schoolchildren: a cluster randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2025Trial
- Cardiovascular fitness is associated with child adiposity at 5 years of age: findings from the ROLO longitudinal birth cohort study.BMC pediatrics · 2023Trial
- Correlations Between Body Composition and Aerobic Fitness in Elite Female Youth Water Polo Players.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Comparative Analysis of Waist-Height Ratio and Heart Rate Recovery for Predicting Coronary Heart Disease Risk Among Working Malaysian Women.International journal of women's health · 2025Article
- Bibliometric Review of the Step Test: A Comprehensive Analysis of Research Trends and Development.Sports medicine - open · 2024Review
- Comparison of heart rate response and heart rate recovery after step test among smoker and non-smoker athletes.African health sciences · 2021Article
- Influence of Body Composition on Post-Exercise Parasympathetic Reactivation of Firefighter Recruits.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Association of postexercise heart rate recovery with body composition in healthy male adults: Findings from Pakistan.Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc · 2020Article
- Fitness level and body composition indices: cross-sectional study among Malaysian adolescent.BMC public health · 2014Article
- Metabolic syndrome among 13 year old adolescents: prevalence and risk factors.BMC public health · 2014Article
- Obesity and parasympathetic reactivation of the heart following exercise testing in young male adults: a pilot study.Annals of Saudi medicineArticle
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backgroundIn adults, heart rate recovery is a predictor of mortality, while in adolescents it is associated with cardio-metabolic risk factors. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between body composition measures and heart rate recovery (HRR) after step test in Malaysian secondary school students.
methodsIn the Malaysian Health and Adolescents Longitudinal Research Team (MyHEART) study, 1071 healthy secondary school students, aged 13 years old, participated in the step test. Parameters for body composition measures were body mass index z-score, body fat percentage, waist circumference, and waist height ratio. The step test was conducted by using a modified Harvard step test. Heart rate recovery of 1 minute (HRR1min) and heart rate recovery of 2 minutes (HRR2min) were calculated by the difference between the peak pulse rate during exercise and the resting pulse rate at 1 and 2 minutes, respectively. Analysis was done separately based on gender. Pearson correlation analysis was used to determine the association between the HRR parameters with body composition measures, while multiple regression analysis was used to determine which body composition measures was the strongest predictor for HRR.
resultsFor both gender groups, all body composition measures were inversely correlated with HRR1min. In girls, all body composition measures were inversely correlated with HRR2min, while in boys all body composition measures, except BMI z-score, were associated with HRR2min. In multiple regression, only waist circumference was inversely associated with HRR2min (p=0.024) in boys, while in girls it was body fat percentage for HRR2min (p=0.008).
conclusionThere was an inverse association between body composition measurements and HRR among apparently healthy adolescents. Therefore, it is important to identify cardio-metabolic risk factors in adolescent as an early prevention of consequent adulthood morbidity. This reiterates the importance of healthy living which should start from young.
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