The Association Between Abdominal Fat, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, and Clinical Markers of Metabolic Syndrome

Moncada-Jiménez J; Araya-Ramírez F; Taylor J. K; Grandjean P.W

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The Association Between Abdominal Fat, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, and Clinical Markers of Metabolic Syndrome

Moncada-Jiménez J⁺⁻
Araya-Ramírez F⁺⁻
Taylor J. K⁺⁻
Grandjean P.W⁺⁻

Human Movement Sciences Research Center (CIMOHU), University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica

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Moncada-Jiménez J

José Moncada-Jiménez holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Costa Rica, a post-doctoral internship at Baylor University, in Texas, USA, and postgraduate studies at The Ohio State University, in Ohio, USA. He also holds a M.Sc. in Movement Sciences with a specialization in Exercise Physiology from Springfield College, in Massachusetts, USA. He is the founder of the Human Movement Sciences Research Center (CIMOHU) of the Vice-rectory for Research of the University of Costa Rica. He has taught courses in research methods, statistical analysis, exercise physiology, and measurement and evaluation, among others. He is currently a full-time professor and researcher at the University of Costa Rica.

School of Human Movement Sciences and Quality of Life, National University, Costa Rica

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Araya-Ramírez F

Felipe Araya-Ramírez, Ph.D. He is a professor in the School of Human Movement Science and Quality of Life, National University, Costa Rica. Dr. Araya acted as Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation Program at the National University. Currently, he is the Dean from the College of Health Sciences at National University. He received his Ph.D. degree in Exercise Physiology from the Department of Kinesiology at Auburn University (AL, USA). In 2013, Dr. Araya served as Director of the Ph.D. program in Human Movement Sciences, a joint degree between National University and University of Costa Rica. Dr. Araya served as President of Exercise is Medicine, Costa Rica from 2010-2013 and he is a Member of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) since 2007. Professor Araya has been working as a professor and researcher for more than 20 years in the field of Exercise Physiology and Cardiac Rehabilitation. Dr. Araya has written 45 publications, including 19 papers, 2 book chapters and 24 abstracts in Exercise Physiology and Cardiac Rehabilitation in English and Spanish.

Medical & Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Auburn University-Montgomery, Alabama, USA

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Taylor J. K

Kyle Taylor, PhD. He currently serves as Department Head for Medical & Clinical Laboratory Sciences at Auburn University at Montgomery, Alabama, USA. He is also the program director of the accredited Medical Laboratory Science Program. He has more than 22 years of teaching experience in Medical Laboratory Science. Kyle Taylor earned his PhD from Auburn University in 2013. The title of his dissertation was “Paraoxonase Responses to Exercise and Niacin Therapy in Men with Metabolic Syndrome”. His research focus is on the effects of exercise on lipids, lipoproteins, and cytokine responses.

School of Applied Sciences, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, USA

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Grandjean P.W

Peter W. Grandjean, Ph.D. He currently serves as Professor of Exercise Science and Dean of the School of Applied Sciences at the University of Mississippi, USA. He served at Baylor University as associate dean for research collaboration and graduate studies, director of the university’s Division of Health Professions, Center for Healthy Living, Laboratories for Exercise Science and Technology and as a professor in the Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation in the Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences. Grandjean received his bachelor’s degree in physical education from Anderson University in Indiana in 1986, his master’s in exercise physiology from Texas Christian University in 1992 and his doctorate in kinesiology from Texas A&M University in 1996. Grandjean is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine, member of the American Physiological Society, the National Strength and Conditioning Association and several other professional affiliations.

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Our purpose was to determine the association between abdominal fat and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) on markers of metabolic syndrome (MetS) total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein (LDL-C), triglycerides (TG), glucose, and blood pressure. We conducted a retrospective study on 165 adults (108 men) in which correlations between waist girth (WG), CRF and blood variables were determined. The cohort was partitioned by gender into quartiles and again by WG and differences in markers of MetS were compared across quartiles by ANOVA and by ANCOVA to determine the influence of CRF. Males in the lowest WG quartile exhibited greater HDL-C and lower diastolic blood pressure vs. the highest quartile (p < 0.05). TG were lower in the lowest vs. the third and highest quartile (p < 0.05), and glucose was greater in the highest vs. the first and second quartiles (p < 0.05). Females in the second WG quartile exhibited higher HDL-C vs. the highest quartile, and TG, glucose, systolic and diastolic blood pressure were lower in the lowest vs. the highest quartile (p < 0.05). After adjusting for CRF, diastolic blood pressure across WG in males were no longer significant, and HLD-C and TG quartile differences were no longer significant in females. We confirm WG as an important correlate of clinical markers of MetS in adults. CRF mitigates relationships between WG and clinical markers of cardio-metabolic risk in men and women.

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Metabolic Syndrome, Cardiovascular Fitness, Body Fat, Waist Circumference,

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Volume 11, Issue 1, Year 2022

DOI: 10.34256/ijpefs2212

Published 2022-02-24

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J, M.-J., F, A.-R., J. K, T., & P.W, G. (2022). The Association Between Abdominal Fat, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, and Clinical Markers of Metabolic Syndrome. International Journal of Physical Education, Fitness and Sports, 11(1), 10–19. https://doi.org/10.34256/ijpefs2212

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The Association Between Abdominal Fat, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, and Clinical Markers of Metabolic Syndrome

Moncada-Jiménez J

Araya-Ramírez F

Taylor J. K

Grandjean P.W

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