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

Table 2

Baseline Spearman correlations (𝑃 values) between aerobic fitness and fatness indices with cardiometabolic biomarkers.

	VO2-170 (mL/kg/min)	%BF	VAT (cm^3)	BMI (kg/m^2)	Waist (cm)
Insulin, pmol/L	−0.40 (<0.0001)	0.56 (<0.0001)	0.56 (<0.0001)	0.60 (<0.0001)	0.63 (<0.0001)
Glucose, mmol/L	−0.10 (0.18)	0.32 (<0.0001)	0.30 (0.0002)	0.25 (0.0004)	0.33 (<0.0001)
SBP, mm Hg	−0.15 (0.03)	0.26 (<0.0001)	0.19 (0.01)	0.27 (<0.0001)	0.25 (<0.0001)
DBP, mm Hg	−0.06 (0.39)	0.12 (0.06)	0.12 (0.09)	0.08 (0.19)	0.09 (0.18)
TG, mmol/L	−0.18 (0.02)	0.31 (<0.0001)	0.30 (0.0004)	0.33 (<0.0001)	0.39 (<0.0001)
LDLC, mmol/L	−0.07 (0.35)	0.19 (0.01)	0.22 (0.01)	0.14 (0.054)	0.16 (0.03)
ApoB, mg/dL	−0.13 (0.09)	0.19 (0.01)	0.21 (0.01)	0.12 (0.09)	0.15 (0.04)
ApoCIII, ng/mL	−0.04 (0.64)	0.29 (<0.0001)	0.26 (0.002)	0.26 (0.0003)	0.35 (<0.0001)
HDLC, mmol/L	0.12 (0.14)	−0.25 (0.0006)	−0.29 (0.0004)	−0.30 (<0.0001)	−0.34 (<0.0001)
CRP, ng/mL	−0.46 (<0.0001)	0.73 (<0.0001)	0.68 (<0.0001)	0.63 (<0.0001)	0.62 (<0.0001)
Fibrinogen, mg/dL	−0.28 (0.0002)	0.37 (<0.0001)	0.37 (<0.0001)	0.35 (<0.0001)	0.32 (<0.0001)

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.