Dynamic Medicine

Table 1 Baseline and 7 yr follow-up characteristics (mean ± SD) of the participants presented by the presence or absence of the metabolic syndrome (MS) as adolescents

From: Adolescents with metabolic syndrome have a history of low aerobic fitness and physical activity levels

	Baseline		Seven Years Later
	No MS	MS	No MS	MS
Age (y)	8.6 ± 0.8	8.7 ± 0.7	15.2 ± 0.7	15.1 ± 0.7
Height (cm)	135 ± 6	136 ± 6	168 ± 5	170 ± 8
Body Mass (kg)	32.3 ± 7.2	35.7 ± 6.2	63.7 ± 12.9	83.9 ± 12.9**
BMI (kg/m²)	17.6 ± 2.8	19.3 ± 2.0*	22.4 ± 3.9	29.0 ± 4.3**
Body Fat (%)	20.4 ± 7.4	26.0 ± 7.8*	24.5 ± 9.3*	36.6 ± 9.8*
BPsys (mmHg)	103 ± 10	108 ± 10*	114 ± 9	127 ± 10**
BPdia (mmHg)	67 ± 8	68 ± 9	68 ± 9	75 ± 11
Chol (mmol/L)	4.18 ± 0.75	4.60 ± 0.91*	3.77 ± 0.64	4.48 ± 0.78**
PA Score	67 ± 29	49 ± 20*	156 ± 69	122 ± 48**
VO₂max (ml/kg/min)	44.3 ± 9.0	35.8 ± 11.6*	38.9 ± 10.2	29.7 ± 10.4**
VO₂max (ml/kg_FFM/min)	55.4 ± 9.7	48.4 ± 14.5	51.2 ± 10.1	46.9 ± 10.4
HDL-C (mmol/L)	----	----	1.23 ± 0.26	1.01 ± 0.20**
Trig (mmol/L)	----	----	0.86 ± 0.46	1.57 ± 0.7**
Glucose (mmol/L)	----	----	4.77 ± 0.42	5.14 ± 0.67**

* p < 0.04 MS vs. No MS at Baseline
** p < 0.002 MS vs. No MS at seven-years follow-up

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