ArticleSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2025
Childhood Physical Fitness as a Predictor of Cognition and Mental Health in Adolescence: The PANIC Study.
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Abstract
backgroundCognitive and mental health problems are highly prevalent in adolescence. While higher levels of physical fitness may mitigate these problems, there is a lack of long-term follow-up studies on the associations of physical fitness from childhood with cognition and mental health in adolescence.
objectiveWe investigated the associations of physical fitness from childhood to adolescence over an 8-year follow-up with cognition and mental health in adolescence.
methodsThe participants were 241 adolescents (112 girls), who were 6-9 years at baseline and 15-17 years at 8-year follow-up. Average and change scores for cardiorespiratory fitness (maximal power output [W
resultsAverage motor fitness was positively associated with global cognition score (standardised regression coefficient [β] - 0.164, 95% confidence interval [CI] - 0.318 to - 0.010) and inversely with perceived stress (β = 0.182, 95% CI 0.032-0.333) and depressive symptoms (β = 0.181, 95% CI 0.028-0.333). Average cardiorespiratory fitness was inversely associated with perceived stress (W
conclusionsHigher levels of motor fitness in childhood and adolescence were associated with better cognition in adolescence. Higher levels of and larger increases in cardiorespiratory fitness from childhood to adolescence were associated with better mental health in adolescence.
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