Fitness and Adiposity Are Independently Associated with Cardiometabolic Risk in Youth

Table 2

Partial correlations (controlling for age, sex, and sexual maturity status) between the clustered cardiometabolic risk score (SBP + HDL-C + LDL-C + HOMA + TG), BMI, WC, CRF, adiponectin, CRP, and IL-6.

	BMI	WC	CRF	Adiponectin	CRP	IL-6
BMI	—
WC	0.47*	—
CRF	−0.27*	−0.29*	—
Adiponectin	−0.28*	−0.20**	0.08	—
CRP	0.19**	0.12	0.01	−0.21***	—
IL-6	0.04	0.05	−0.11	−0.30*	0.14	—
MRS	0.04	0.01	0.02	−0.22***	0.28	0.13

BMI: body mass index; WC: waist circumference; CRF: cardiorespiratory fitness; IL-6: interleukin-6; CRP: C-reactive protein; MRS: clustered cardiometabolic risk score. ^∗𝑃<0.001, ^∗∗𝑃<0.05, ^∗∗∗𝑃<0.01.