April 1, 2001Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
Fitness, fatness, and estimated coronary heart disease risk: the HERITAGE Family Study
Why the study?
Do fatness and fitness independently contribute to the estimated risk of future coronary heart disease in sedentary adults?
Population
623 adult sedentary participants (212 black and 411 white)
Comparison
Fatness and fitness vs Low tertile of fatness and high tertile of fitness
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Fatness and fitness may independently associate with estimated CHD risk in sedentary adults; leaves open causal roles and need for prospective validation.
Structured PICO
Do fatness and fitness independently contribute to the estimated risk of future coronary heart disease in sedentary adults?
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Population
623 adult sedentary participants (212 black and 411 white)
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Intervention
Fatness (percent body fat measured by densitometry) and fitness (maximal oxygen uptake measured on cycle ergometer)
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Comparator
Low tertile of fatness and high tertile of fitness
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Outcome
Estimated risk of future coronary heart disease (CHD) using the revised Framingham Heart Study algorithmsurrogate
Both fatness and fitness are important predictors of estimated future CHD risk, though fatness may have a stronger independent contribution in sedentary adults.
Cite This Study
Katzmarzyk et al. (2001) studied this question.