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. 2016 Oct 21:3:2333794X16674561.
doi: 10.1177/2333794X16674561. eCollection 2016.

Weight Status and Physical Activity: Combined Influence on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Among Adolescents, Santiago, Chile

Helen Wang  1 , Estela Blanco  1 , Cecilia Algarín  2 , Patricio Peirano  2 , Raquel Burrows  2 , Marcela Reyes  2 , David Wing  1 , Job G Godino  1 , Sheila Gahagan  1
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Weight Status and Physical Activity: Combined Influence on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Among Adolescents, Santiago, Chile

Helen Wang et al. Glob Pediatr Health. .

Abstract

We tested the independent and combined influence of overweight/obesity and meeting moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) guidelines (≥60 minutes per day) on cardiometabolic risk factors among healthy adolescents. We measured anthropometry, blood pressure, fasting lipids, and activity by accelerometer in 223 adolescents. They were categorized as overweight/obese versus normal weight and meeting the World Health Organization guidelines for MVPA per day. Adolescents were 16.8 years, 41% overweight/obese, 30% met MVPA guidelines, 50% low high-density lipoprotein, 22% high triglycerides, 12% high blood pressure, and 6% high fasting glucose. Controlling for sex, overweight/obese adolescents who did not meet MVPA guidelines had 4.0 and 11.9 increased odds for elevated triglycerides and systolic blood pressure, respectively, compared to normal weight adolescents who met MVPA guidelines. Overweight/obese and normal weight adolescents who met MVPA guidelines did not differ in cardiometabolic risk factors. Among overweight/obese adolescents, being physically active attenuated the likelihood of high triglycerides and systolic blood pressure.

Keywords: adolescence; blood pressure; metabolic risk factors; obesity; physical activity; triglycerides.

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The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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