Relationships of Cardiorespiratory Fitness with Metabolic Risk Factors, Inflammation, and Liver Transaminases in Overweight Youths

Table 3

Multivariate regression between metabolic risk factors and VO²Max, using age and % fat mass as covariates.

	Girls			Boys
	F	𝑃		F	𝑃
Systolic BP	1.938	.129		2.508	.066
Diastolic BP	0.201	.896		3.294	.025	VO²Max: 0.048
Fasting Glucose	1.476	.226		1.968	.125
Fasting Insulin	5.683	.001	VO²Max: 0.002	6.317	<.0001	Age: 0.017
HOMA-IR	4.530	.005	VO²Max: 0.001	6.275	<.0001	Age: 0.026
Triglycerides	2.384	.073		3.976	.010	VO²Max: 0.034
HDL Cholesterol	1.055	.371		3.139	.029	Age: 0.039
LDL Cholesterol	0.846	.472		0.930	.431
AST	1.051	.373		0.514	.674
ALT	3.829	.012	VO²Max: 0.073	2.492	.065
Fibrinogen	4.21	.008	Age: 0.040 % FM: 0.007	2.938	.038	%FM: 0.018
Sedimentation rate	4.077	.009		4.085	<.001	%FM: 0.045

Tanner stage did not significantly enter in any model tested.