Cardiorespiratory Fitness Is an Indicator of Arterial Stiffness and Aortic Blood Pressure in Healthy Adolescents.

ABSTRACT: Background/Objectives: We aimed to investigate the influence of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and body composition on arterial stiffness. Methods: Carotid-to-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) and aortic systolic (ASBP) and diastolic (ADBP) blood pressure were compared between upper and lower tertiles of oxygen consumption at the aerobic threshold (VO_2AerT), peak oxygen consumption (VO_2peak), percentage of fat mass (FM%), and body mass index (BMI) in sixty adolescents (30 males and 30 females, 14.9 ± 2.1 years old). A stepwise multivariable linear regression analysis was performed to investigate the independent associations between VO_2AerT and VO_2peak and cfPWV, and between BMI and FM% and cfPWV with adjustments for age, sex, ASB

SUBMITTER: Kim H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11430125 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature