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

Dynamic Medicine

Table 2 Results of the logistic regression presenting the relative risk for the association between the presence of the MS during adolescence and childhood aerobic fitness and physical activity levels.¹

Childhood characteristic	Odds Ratio	95% Confidence Limits		p-value
		Lower	Upper
pVO₂max (mL/kg/min)
Low vs. High	6.091	1.184	60.296	0.026
Low vs. Moderate	5.582	1.152	53.755	0.028
Physical Activity Level
Low vs. High	5.115	1.054	49.131	0.041
Low vs.Moderate	2.265	0.682	8.757	0.220
pVO₂max (mL/kg_FFM/min)
Low vs. High	3.642	0.932	20.826	0.067
Low vs. Moderate	5.706	1.197	54.485	0.023

pVO₂max: Low, moderate and high tertiles
PA Score: Low, moderate and high tertiles
¹ Models adjusted for sex, elevated BMI, blood pressure, and cholesterol.
BMI: Above sex and age specific 95^th percentile
BP: Either systolic or diastolic >95^th percentile for gender and age Cholesterol: > 5.18 mmol/L