TY - JOUR
T1 - Associations among cardiorespiratory endurance, body mass index and blood pressure in Han Chinese children
T2 - Results from the 2010 Chinese National Survey On Students' Constitution and Health
AU - Yang, Yide
AU - LAU, Patrick W C
AU - Wang, Jingjing
AU - Dong, Bin
AU - Wu, Lijing
AU - Quach, Binh
AU - Wong, Del P.
AU - Fu, Lianguo
AU - Ma, Jun
AU - Wang, Haijun
N1 - Funding Information:
The data analysis was supported by grants from the Research Special Fund for Public Welfare Industry of Health (201202010), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81573170) and the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (APP1045000).
PY - 2016/11/1
Y1 - 2016/11/1
N2 - The associations among cardiorespiratory endurance (CRE), body mass index (BMI) and blood pressure (BP) in children are still unclear. This study aimed to examine the relationships among CRE, BMI and BP in Chinese children. Data were derived from the 2010 Chinese National Survey on Students' Constitution and Health. An endurance run test was used to determine CRE and children were stratified into low and high/moderate CRE groups. BMI was dichotomized into non-overweight and overweight. Among overweight children aged 7-12 years, the risk of high BP (HBP) was significantly higher in the low CRE group than in the high/moderate CRE group (in boys, odds ratio=1.13, 95% confidence interval: 1.03-1.24, P=0.010; in girls, odds ratio=1.18, 95% confidence interval: 1.04-1.33, P=0.010) after adjusting for age, BMI, socioeconomic status and area of residence. However, among all children aged 13-18 years and non-overweight children aged 7-12 years, we did not observe similar results. Higher CRE is associated with lower BP. Overweight children have a significantly higher risk of HBP and low CRE may increase the risk of HBP, independently of BMI, among 7- to 12-year-old overweight children.
AB - The associations among cardiorespiratory endurance (CRE), body mass index (BMI) and blood pressure (BP) in children are still unclear. This study aimed to examine the relationships among CRE, BMI and BP in Chinese children. Data were derived from the 2010 Chinese National Survey on Students' Constitution and Health. An endurance run test was used to determine CRE and children were stratified into low and high/moderate CRE groups. BMI was dichotomized into non-overweight and overweight. Among overweight children aged 7-12 years, the risk of high BP (HBP) was significantly higher in the low CRE group than in the high/moderate CRE group (in boys, odds ratio=1.13, 95% confidence interval: 1.03-1.24, P=0.010; in girls, odds ratio=1.18, 95% confidence interval: 1.04-1.33, P=0.010) after adjusting for age, BMI, socioeconomic status and area of residence. However, among all children aged 13-18 years and non-overweight children aged 7-12 years, we did not observe similar results. Higher CRE is associated with lower BP. Overweight children have a significantly higher risk of HBP and low CRE may increase the risk of HBP, independently of BMI, among 7- to 12-year-old overweight children.
KW - association
KW - blood pressure
KW - body mass index
KW - cardiorespiratory endurance
KW - children
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U2 - 10.1038/hr.2016.63
DO - 10.1038/hr.2016.63
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 27334060
AN - SCOPUS:84994704868
SN - 0916-9636
VL - 39
SP - 799
EP - 804
JO - Hypertension Research
JF - Hypertension Research
IS - 11
ER -