Obesity as a Mediator between Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Blood Pressure in Preschoolers

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OBJECTIVES: To analyze the relationships between body mass index (BMI), cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), and blood pressure (BP), and to examine whether obesity acts as a mediator between fitness and BP in children.

STUDY DESIGN: A cross-sectional analysis using a population-based sample of 1604 school children aged 4-7 years attending 21 schools from the provinces of Ciudad Real and Cuenca, Spain, was undertaken. Data on anthropometric variables, BP measurements, and CRF were collected. The relationships between body composition (BMI, percent body fat, and waist circumference), CRF, and mean arterial pressure was estimated using Pearson correlation coefficients. ANCOVA tested the differences in BP measurements by categories of BMI and CRF, controlling for different sets of confounders. The PROCESS macro developed by Preacher and Hayes was used for mediation analysis.

RESULTS: BP values were significantly higher in school children with excess weight and poorer CRF. In addition, BMI acts as a full mediator in the association between CRF and mean arterial pressure in boys at 62.28% (z = -5.433; P ≤ .001) and a partial mediator in girls at 35.24% (z = -5.246; P ≤ .001).

CONCLUSIONS: BMI mediates the relationship between CRF and mean arterial pressure. These findings highlight the importance of maintaining a healthy weight for the prevention of high BP levels in childhood.

TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01971840.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:182

Enthalten in:

The Journal of pediatrics - 182(2017) vom: 15. März, Seite 114-119.e2

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pozuelo-Carrascosa, Diana P [VerfasserIn]
Sánchez-López, Mairena [VerfasserIn]
Cavero-Redondo, Iván [VerfasserIn]
Torres-Costoso, Ana [VerfasserIn]
Bermejo-Cantarero, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Martínez-Vizcaíno, Vicente [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Blood pressure
Cardiorespiratory fitness
Children
Clinical Trial
Journal Article
Mediation analysis
Obesity

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Date Completed 31.05.2017

Date Revised 08.04.2022

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01971840

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.11.005

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM266776833