dc.contributor.author | Savva, Savvas C. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Tornaritis, M. J. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Kolokotroni, Ourania | en |
dc.contributor.author | Chadjigeorgiou, C. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Kourides, Y. A. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Karpathios, Themistocles | en |
dc.contributor.author | Yiallouros, Panayiotis K. | en |
dc.creator | Savva, Savvas C. | en |
dc.creator | Tornaritis, M. J. | en |
dc.creator | Kolokotroni, Ourania | en |
dc.creator | Chadjigeorgiou, C. | en |
dc.creator | Kourides, Y. A. | en |
dc.creator | Karpathios, Themistocles | en |
dc.creator | Yiallouros, Panayiotis K. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-22T09:53:09Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-06-22T09:53:09Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://gnosis.library.ucy.ac.cy/handle/7/41682 | |
dc.description.abstract | To assess the association of baseline cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) with incidence of overweight over a 4.6-year period in adolescence. In a cohort of 4878 adolescents, we assessed body mass index in years 2001-2003 and 2007. CRF was assessed at baseline as maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max, mL/kg/min) using the 20-m shuttle run test and was examined against incidence of overweight at follow-up. Estimated VO2max at baseline was higher in males than in females, P<0.001, and was lower in overweight and obese than in non-overweight subjects. The incidence of overweight at follow-up among non-overweight participants at baseline was 15.5% [95% confidence interval (CI) 13.7% to 17.3%] in males and 5.6% (95% CI 4.9% to 7.0%) in females, P<0.001. Adjusted odds ratio for incidence of overweight in participants in the fourth quartile of VO2max was 0.40 (95%CI 0.26 to 0.61) in males and 0.57 (95% CI 0.33 to 0.99) in females in comparison with participants in the first quartiles of VO2max. Incidence of overweight was three times more frequent in males than in females. Among non-overweight at baseline, high fitness levels were inversely associated with incidence of overweight at follow-up, suggesting that interventions aiming to increase CRF in early childhood might help reverse increasing trends in obesity. © 2013 John Wiley & Sons A/S. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.source | Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports | en |
dc.subject | Obesity | en |
dc.subject | Overweight | en |
dc.subject | Adolescence | en |
dc.subject | Cardiorespiratory fitness | en |
dc.title | High cardiorespiratory fitness is inversely associated with incidence of overweight in adolescence: A longitudinal study | en |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/sms.12097 | |
dc.description.volume | 24 | |
dc.description.issue | 6 | |
dc.description.startingpage | 982 | |
dc.description.endingpage | 989 | |
dc.author.faculty | Ιατρική Σχολή / Medical School | |
dc.author.department | Ιατρική Σχολή / Medical School | |
dc.type.uhtype | Article | en |
dc.contributor.orcid | Yiallouros, Panayiotis K. [0000-0002-8339-9285] | |
dc.contributor.orcid | Kolokotroni, Ourania [0000-0002-7653-002X] | |
dc.gnosis.orcid | 0000-0002-8339-9285 | |
dc.gnosis.orcid | 0000-0002-7653-002X | |