Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Physically Active Young Adults: CHIEF Atherosclerosis Study.

ABSTRACT: Background: The relationship of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) with subclinical atherosclerosis affected by the body adiposity has been observed in children, whereas this relationship remains unclear in young adults. Methods and Results: A total of 1520 military recruits, aged 18-40 years, were included in Taiwan in 2018-2020. All subjects underwent detailed physical and blood laboratory examinations. CRF was evaluated by time for a 3000 m run, and subclinical atherosclerosis was evaluated by intima-media thickness of the bulb of the left common carotid artery (cIMT) utilizing high-resolution ultrasonography. Multivariable linear regression analysis with adjustments for age, sex, cigarette smoking, alcohol intake, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, high- and low-density

SUBMITTER: Lin GM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9267611 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature