Clinical Study

Cardiometabolic Biomarkers in Young Black Girls: Relations to Body Fatness and Aerobic Fitness, and Effects of a Randomized Physical Activity Trial

Table 4

Pearson correlations ( 𝑃 values) between changes in fatness and fitness indices and changes in cardiometabolic biomarkers.

VO2-170 (mL/kg/min)%BFVAT (cm3)BMI (kg/m2)Waist (cm)

Insulin, pmol/L−0.16 (0.1)0.23 (0.01)0.01 (0.92)0.32 (0.0002)0.19 (0.03)
Glucose, mmol/L0.09 (0.35)0.03 (0.72)0.05 (0.66)0.10 (0.24)0.06 (0.48)
SBP, mm Hg0.04 (0.60)−0.02 (0.74)−0.01 (0.95)−0.017 (0.81)0.05 (0.50)
DBP, mm Hg−0.01 (0.89)−0.07 (0.35)−0.04 (0.67)−0.11 (0.11)−0.05 (0.52)
TG, mmol/L−0.03 (0.79)0.06 (0.48)−0.17 (0.19)−0.001 (0.99)−0.06 (0.50)
LDLC, mmol/L−0.18 (0.07)0.22 (0.01)0.20 (0.11)0.14 (0.13)0.08 (0.35)
ApoB, mg/dL−0.12 (0.22)0.07 (0.45)−0.005 (0.97)0.09 (0.33)−0.01 (0.93)
ApoCIII, ng/mL0.04 (0.66)−0.01 (0.88)0.10 (0.45)−0.03 (0.73)0.10 (0.27)
HDLC, mmol/L0.21 (0.03)−0.07 (0.46)−0.09 (0.47)−0.08 (0.35)−0.05 (0.54)
CRP, ng/mL−0.16 (0.13)0.08 (0.43)0.46 (0.0004)0.04 (0.69)0.12 (0.20)
Fibrinogen, mg/dL−0.22 (0.02)0.14 (0.12)0.39 (0.001)0.17 (0.05)0.23 (0.008)

SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; TG: triglycerides; LDLC: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; Apo: apolipoprotein; HDLC: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; CRP: C-reactive protein.