Muscle fitness to visceral fat ratio, metabolic syndrome and ideal cardiovascular health metrics
| dc.contributor.author | Ramírez Vélez, Robinson | |
| dc.contributor.author | Correa Rodríguez, María | |
| dc.contributor.author | Izquierdo Redín, Mikel | |
| dc.contributor.author | Schmidt Río-Valle, Jacqueline | |
| dc.contributor.author | González Jiménez, Emilio | |
| dc.contributor.department | Ciencias de la Salud | es_ES |
| dc.contributor.department | Osasun Zientziak | eu |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-08-14T11:21:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-08-14T11:21:25Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study aimed to investigate the association between the muscle fitness to visceral fat level (MVF) ratio and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and ideal cardiovascular health (CVH) metrics among college students. A total of 1467 young adults recruited from the FUPRECOL study (Asociación de la Fuerza Prensil con Manifestaciones Tempranas de Riesgo Cardiovascular en Jóvenes y Adultos Colombianos), were categorized into four quartiles based on their MVF ratio. Muscular fitness was assessed using a digital handgrip dynamometer and visceral fat level was determined through bioelectrical impedance analysis. Ideal CVH was assessed, including lifestyle characteristics, anthropometry, blood pressure, and biochemical parameters. The body weight, waist circumference, body mass index (BMI), fat mass, fat mass index, and visceral fat level were significantly higher in subjects in Q1 (lower MVF ratio) than those in Q2, Q3, or Q4 (p < 0.001). The muscle fitness (handgrip and normalized grip strength (NGS)) of the subjects in Q4 was significantly greater than that of those in Q1 to Q2 (p < 0.001). Subjects with a medium-high MVF ratio (i.e., 3–4th quartiles) had an odds ratio of 2.103 of ideal CVH metrics after adjusting for age, gender, university, and alcohol intake (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.832 to 2.414; p < 0.001). A lower MVF ratio is associated with worse CVH metrics and a higher prevalence of MetS in early adulthood, supporting the hypothesis that the MVF ratio could be used as a complementary screening tool that could help clinicians identify young adults with unfavorable levels of CVH and metabolic risk. © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This study was part of the project entitled “Body Adiposity Index and Biomarkers of Endothelial and Cardiovascular Health in Adults”, which was funded by Centre for Studies on Measurement of Physical Activity, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universidad del Rosario (Code N. FIUR DN-BG001), Institución Universitaria Antonio José Camacho (Code N. 111-02.01.48/16), Universidad Santo Tomás (Code N. 2013004), Universidad Manuela Beltrán (Code N. FT201204), and Universidad de Boyacá (Code N. RECT 60). M.I. is granted in part by a research grant PI17/01814 of the Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad (ISCIII, FEDER). | en |
| dc.format.extent | 13 p. | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/nu11010024 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2072-6643 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/34337 | |
| dc.language.iso | spa | en |
| dc.publisher | MDPI | en |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Nutrients, 2019, 11, 24 | en |
| dc.relation.publisherversion | https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11010024 | |
| dc.rights | © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license. | en |
| dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Ideal cardiovascular health | en |
| dc.subject | Metabolic syndrome | en |
| dc.subject | Muscle strength | en |
| dc.subject | Visceral fat | en |
| dc.subject | Young adults | en |
| dc.title | Muscle fitness to visceral fat ratio, metabolic syndrome and ideal cardiovascular health metrics | en |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | |
| dc.type.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | |
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