Twenty year fitness trends in young adults and incidence of prediabetes and diabetes: the CARDIA study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims/hypothesis

The prospective association between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) measured in young adulthood and middle age on development of prediabetes, defined as impaired fasting glucose and/or impaired glucose tolerance, or diabetes by middle age remains unknown. We hypothesised that higher fitness levels would be associated with reduced risk for developing incident prediabetes/diabetes by middle age.

Methods

Participants were from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study who were free from prediabetes/diabetes at baseline (year 0 [Y0]: 1985-1986). CRF was quantified by treadmill duration (converted to metabolic equivalents [METs]) at Y0, Y7 and Y20 and prediabetes/diabetes status was assessed at Y0, Y7, Y10, Y15, Y20 and Y25. We use an ext

SUBMITTER: Chow LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4930716 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature