• Eur. J. Clin. Invest. · Apr 2021

    The mediating role of adiposity in the longitudinal association between cardiorespiratory fitness and blood pressure in adolescents: LabMed cohort study.

    • Maria Reyes Beltran-Valls, Rute Santos, Jorge Mota, Carla Moreira, Luís Lopes, and César Agostinis-Sobrinho.
    • LIFE Research Group, University Jaume I, Castellon, Spain.
    • Eur. J. Clin. Invest. 2021 Apr 1; 51 (4): e13430.

    BackgroundThe aim of this prospective cohort study was to examine whether the association between the cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) at baseline and blood pressure (BP) at follow-up is mediated by adiposity in adolescents.Materials And MethodsThe sample comprised 734 adolescents (349 girls) aged 12-18 years from the LabMed Physical Activity Cohort Study. The variables of interest were measured in 2011 (baseline) and in 2013 (2-year follow-up). CRF was assessed by the 20-m shuttle run test. Body mass index, waist circumference, body fat percentage, pubertal status and resting BP were assessed according to standard procedures. Boot-strapped mediation procedures were performed, and indirect effects (IE) with confidence intervals (CI) not including zero were considered statistically significant.ResultsAfter adjusting for potential confounders, body mass index acted as a mediator of the relationship between CRF and systolic BP (IE = -0. 023; CI = -0.039; -0.009), pulse pressure (IE = -0.023; CI = -0.034; -0.012) and rate product pressure (IE = -2.839; CI = -5.329; -0.340). Similar results were obtained for waist circumference as mediator for systolic BP (IE = -0.019; CI = -0.033; -0.005), pulse pressure (IE = -0.017; CI = -0.028; -0.007) and rate product pressure (IE = -3.793; CI = -6.097; -1.689). Likewise, body fat percentage mediated the association for: systolic BP (IE = -0.029; CI = -0.048; -0.010), pulse pressure (IE = -0.027; CI = -0.041; -0.013) and rate product pressure (IE = -4.280; CI = -7.488; -1.264).ConclusionsAdiposity mediated the association between CRF and BP in adolescents. Therefore, both optimal CRF and adiposity levels are important to maintain normal BP ranges throughout adolescence.© 2020 Stichting European Society for Clinical Investigation Journal Foundation. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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