Research Article

Adolescent Trajectories of Aerobic Fitness and Adiposity as Markers of Cardiometabolic Risk in Adulthood

Table 1

Descriptive variables for participants categorized as having low and high adult cardiometabolic risk. Presented as mean ± standard deviation.

Low CMR n = 26High CMR n = 35Difference (high versus low) value

CMR score−1.67 ± 0.941.64 ± 0.913.31>0.01
Fast glucose (mmol/l)5.02 ± 0.385.57 ± 0.560.55>0.01
Total cholesterol (mmol/l)4.82 ± 0.766.10 ± 0.971.27>0.01
Total triglycerides (mmol/l)1.05 ± 0.452.02 ± 1.170.97>0.01
HDL cholesterol (mmol/l)1.39 ± 0.461.22 ± 0.39−0.170.11
LDL cholesterol (mmol/l)2.95 ± 0.633.97 ± 0.731.02>0.01
PA score (1 low, 5 high)1.98 ± 0.722.15 ± 0.690.170.34
SES category (1 low, 9 high)6.69 ± 1.446.40 ± 1.63−0.290.46
Fiber index8.07 ± 2.197.99 ± 3.12−0.070.92
Adult age (yrs)48.62 ± 5.2445.99 ± 6.35−2.630.08
Age of PHV (yrs)13.80 ± 1.4413.16 ± 1.79−0.640.13
Height at PHV (cm)161.74 ± 9.07158.72 ± 10.26−3.020.22
Adult height (cm)178.63 ± 8.48174.57 ± 7.98−4.060.05
Height change (cm)16.89 ± 4.0215.85 ± 5.13−1.040.38
Weight at PHV (kg)48.37 ± 9.2045.78 ± 8.81−2.600.25
Adult weight (kg)86.63 ± 21.5883.63 ± 15.96−3.000.53
Weight change (kg)38.26 ± 15.3737.85 ± 11.25−0.400.90
BMI at PHV (kg/m2)18.34 ± 2.3118.03 ± 1.97−0.320.56
Adult BMI (kg/m2)26.89 ± 5.1027.29 ± 4.010.410.72
BMI change (kg/m2)8.54 ± 4.109.27 ± 3.090.720.43
Absolute VO2 at PHV (ml/min)2.65 ± 0.542.45 ± 0.53−0.210.15
Adult absolute VO2 (ml/min)3.10 ± 1.052.96 ± 0.94−0.140.59
Absolute VO2 change (ml/min)0.37 ± 0.860.53 ± 0.960.150.54
Relative VO2 at PHV (ml/kg/min)54.69 ± 6.3652.55 ± 7.34−2.150.25
Adult relative VO2 (ml/kg/min)29.86 ± 9.3530.12 ± 8.780.260.91
Relative VO2 change (ml/kg/min)−26.22 ± 7.89−23.38 ± 9.592.850.25
LBM at PHV (kg)40.57 ± 5.2040.66 ± 5.840.100.95
Adult LBM (kg)62.22 ± 12.3459.92 ± 10.92−2.300.44
LBM change (kg)24.26 ± 7.9823.72 ± 6.90−0.540.80
Percent body fat at PHV (%)18.00 ± 4.8117.07 ± 3.59−0.930.44
Adult percent body fat (%)24.66 ± 10.0227.82 ± 7.503.160.16
Percent body fat change (%)5.80 ± 9.729.45 ± 5.113.65>0.05
Sum6SF at PHV (mm)55.92 ± 24.8852.51 ± 16.66−3.410.52
Adult sum6SF (mm)131.16 ± 59.04143.34 ± 51.1912.180.40
Sum6SF change (mm)73.78 ± 57.6690.83 ± 49.0217.050.22
TrunkSF at PHV (mm)16.96 ± 8.3115.09 ± 5.50−1.870.29
Adult TrunkSF (mm)98.80 ± 52.93104.06 ± 37.155.260.65
TrunkSF change (mm)81.43 ± 50.8488.97 ± 35.227.540.17

CMR = cardiometabolic risk; HDL = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL = low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; PA score = physical activity score; SES; socioeconomic status; PHV = peak height velocity; BMI = body mass index; LBM = lean body mass; SF =  skinfolds.