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ArticlePloS one2018

Cardiorespiratory fitness in children: Evidence for criterion-referenced cut-points.

Diego Augusto Santos Silva, Justin J Lang, Joel D Barnes, Grant R Tomkinson, Mark S Tremblay

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Article in PloS one, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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15citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.

Diego Augusto Santos SilvaHealthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0489-7906
Justin J LangHealthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada.
Joel D BarnesHealthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada.
Grant R TomkinsonKinesiology and Public Health Education, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, United States of America.
Mark S TremblayHealthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada.
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario · CAPublic Health Agency of Canada · CAUniversity of South Australia · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionCriterion-referenced cut-points for field-based cardiorespiratory fitness for children (CRF) are lacking. This study determined: (a) the association between CRF and obesity, (b) the optimal cut-points for low CRF associated with obesity in children, and (c) the association between obesity and peak oxygen uptake ([Formula: see text]) estimated from the 20-m shuttle run test using two different prediction equations.

methodsA total of 8,740 children aged 10.1±1.2 were recruited from 11 sites across Canada. CRF was assessed using 20mSRT reported as running speed at the last completed stage, number of completed laps and predicted [Formula: see text], which was estimated at the age by sex level using the Léger et al. and FitnessGram equations. Body mass index and waist circumference z-scores were used to identify obesity. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves and logistic regression determined the discriminatory ability of CRF for predicting obesity.

results20mSRT had satisfactory predictive ability to detect obesity estimated by BMI, WC, and BMI and WC combined (area under the curve [AUC]>0.65). The FitnessGram equation (AUC>0.71) presented somewhat higher discriminatory power for obesity than the equation of Léger et al. (AUC>0.67) at most ages. Sensitivity was strong (>70%) for all age- and sex-specific cut-points, with optimal cut-points in 8- to 12-year-olds for obesity identified as 39 mL•kg-1•min-1 (laps: 15; speed: 9.0 km/h) and 41 mL•kg-1•min-1 (laps: 15-17; speed: 9.0 km/h) for girls and boys, respectively.

conclusions20mSRT performance is negatively associated with obesity and CRF cut-points from ROC analyses have good discriminatory power for obesity.

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Cardiorespiratory FitnessBody Mass IndexChildExercise TestFemaleHumansMaleObesityOxygen ConsumptionSensitivity and SpecificityWaist Circumference

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PMID30067796
PMCPMC6070257
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