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Exercise and Health

Fitness and Fatness: Indicators of Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in College Students?

JANELLE SCHILTER1, LANCE DALLECK1,2

1Department of Human Performance / Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN, USA, 2Department of Sport and Exercise Science, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

ABSTRACT

Schilter JM, Dalleck LC. Fitness and Fatness: Indicators of Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in College Students? JEPonline 2010;13(4):29-39. The purpose of this study was to identify which health related behaviors including fatness, amount of physical activity, and cardiorespiratory fitness, correlate with increased cardiovascular disease and metabolic syndrome risk factors in college students. There were 203 men and women (20.3 ( 2.2 yr) who participated in a two day collection period. Height, weight, waist circumference, blood pressure, blood lipid profile, and cardiorespiratory fitness were measured. Each participant also filled out a questionnaire in regards to their physical activity habits and other demographic information. Multiple linear regression was used to determine the independent relation of fatness (body mass index and waist circumference), amount of physical activity, intensity of physical activity, and cardiorespiratory fitness to metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease risk factors. Thirty-four percent of the sample population had no cardiovascular risk factors, 28.6%, 22.7% and 14.8% had one, two, and three or more risk factors respectively. Physical activity and fatness were predictive of low cardiorespiratory fitness and dyslipidemia. Individuals that self-reported vigorous (n=55) rather than moderate (n=134) physical activity levels had significantly (p ................
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