Key result
The optimal mCAFT cut-points to detect clustered cardiometabolic risk were 49 and 46 mL•kg-1•min-1 for male children and youth, and 46 and 37 mL•kg-1•min-1 for female children and youth.
Why the study?
The study was conducted to establish modified Canadian Aerobic Fitness Test cut-points to identify potential clustered cardiometabolic risk among children and youth.
Does the modified Canadian Aerobic Fitness Test (mCAFT) detect clustered cardiometabolic risk in Canadian children and youth aged 9 to 17 years?
Cross-Sectional (n=2,106)
Does the modified Canadian Aerobic Fitness Test (mCAFT) detect clustered cardiometabolic risk in Canadian children and youth aged 9 to 17 years?
New mCAFT cut-points provide a field-based screening tool to identify Canadian children and youth at potential risk of poor cardiometabolic health.
These mCAFT cut-points may aid youth cardiometabolic risk screening; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
The objective of this study was to establish cut-points to identify potential clustered cardiometabolic risk among children (aged 9–13 years) and youth (aged 14–17 years) using the modified Canadian Aerobic Fitness Test (mCAFT). Nationally representative cross-sectional data were obtained from cycles 1 and 2 (2007–2011) of the Canadian Health Measures Survey. Cardiorespiratory fitness was measured using the mCAFT, which was used to estimate peak oxygen consumption. Clustered cardiometabolic health was identified as the mean of 4 standardized variables: sum of 4 skinfolds; total cholesterol–to–high-density lipoprotein ratio; and systolic and diastolic blood pressure. In total, 2106 (49% female) participants were retained for this analysis. The optimal mCAFT cut-point for males was 49 and 46 mL·kg –1 ·min –1 among children and youth, respectively. Among females, the mCAFT cut-point was 46 and 37 mL·kg –1 ·min –1 among children and youth, respectively. In 2016–2017, 83% of females and 71% of males met the new mCAFT cut-points. The mCAFT cut-points can help identify children and youth at potential risk of poor cardiometabolic health in public health surveillance, clinical, and school-based settings. Novelty We developed new mCAFT cut-points to identify potential clustered cardiometabolic risk among Canadian children and youth. These mCAFT cut-points can be used to inform national health surveillance efforts.
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Lang et al. (2019) conducted a cross-sectional in Clustered cardiometabolic risk (n=2,106). modified Canadian Aerobic Fitness Test (mCAFT) was evaluated on Optimal mCAFT cut-points for detecting clustered cardiometabolic risk. The optimal mCAFT cut-points to detect clustered cardiometabolic risk were 49 and 46 mL•kg-1•min-1 for male children and youth, and 46 and 37 mL•kg-1•min-1 for female children and youth.
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