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Metabolic Risk Factors, Physical Activity and Physical Fitness in Azorean Adolescents: a Cross-sectional Study by Carla Moreira; Rute Santos; José Cazuza de Farias Júnior; Susana Vale; Paula C Santos; Luísa Soares-Miranda; Ana I Marques; Jorge Mota is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Background The prevalence of metabolic syndrome has increased over the last few decades in adolescents and has become an important health challenge worldwide. This study analyzed the relationships between metabolic risk factors (MRF) and physical activity (PA) and physical fitness (PF) in a sample of Azorean adolescents. ## Methods A cross-sectional school-based study was conducted on 417 adolescents (243 girls) aged 15-18 from the Azorean Islands, Portugal. Height, weight, waist circumference, fasting glucose, HDL-cholesterol, triglycerides, and blood pressure were measured. A sum of MRF was computed, and adolescents were classified into three groups: no MRF, one MRF and two or more MRF. PA was assessed by a sealed pedometer. PF was assessed using five tests from the Fitnessgram Test Battery. Dietary intake was obtained using a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire. ## Results Mean daily steps for girls and boys were 7427 ± 2725 and 7916 ± 3936, respectively. Fifty-nine percent of the adolescents showed at least one MRF and 57.6% were under the healthy zone in the 20 m Shuttle Run Test. Ordinal logistic regression analysis showed that after adjusting for sex, body mass

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Author

Carla Moreira; Rute Santos; José Cazuza de Farias Júnior; Susana Vale; Paula C Santos; Luísa Soares-Miranda; Ana I Marques; Jorge Mota

Publisher

BioMed Central; Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.); London: BioMed Central, 2001-; Springer Science and Business Media LLC; Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc. (ISSN 1471-2458)

Published

2011

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)