Associations of cardiorespiratory fitness and fatness with metabolic syndrome in rural women with prehypertension.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study investigated the associations of fitness and fatness with metabolic syndrome in rural women, part of a recognized US health disparities group.

Methods

Fitness, percentage body fat, BMI, and metabolic syndrome criteria were assessed at baseline in 289 rural women with prehypertension, ages 40-69, enrolled in a healthy eating and activity community-based clinical trial for reducing blood pressure.

Results

Ninety (31%) women had metabolic syndrome, of which 70% were obese by BMI (≥30 kg/m²), 100% by percentage body fat (≥30%), and 100% by revised BMI standards (≥25 kg/m²) cited in current literature. Hierarchical logistic regression models, adjusted for age, income, and education, revealed that higher percentage body fat (P < 0.001) was associated w

SUBMITTER: Hageman PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3512333 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature