Resumen
The aims of this study are to (i) examine a clustered metabolic syndrome composite score (MetScore) and fatness among college students across body mass index (BMI) categories, and (ii) determine whether fit individuals have lower MetScores, fewer individual metabolic syndrome components, and lower fatness than unfit individuals across BMI categories. A total of 1,795 participants aged >18 years w ...
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The aims of this study are to (i) examine a clustered metabolic syndrome composite score (MetScore) and fatness among college students across body mass index (BMI) categories, and (ii) determine whether fit individuals have lower MetScores, fewer individual metabolic syndrome components, and lower fatness than unfit individuals across BMI categories. A total of 1,795 participants aged >18 years who participated in The FUPRECOL Study were selected for the present analyses. Handgrip strength was tested by a grip dynamometer and used to classify adults as fit or unfit. Among all participants, MetScore, percentage of body fat, and visceral adiposity increased linearly across the BMI categories among college students (all P < 0.001). Individuals who were overweight and fit had a lower MetScore (-0.6 SD; P =0.02), body fat percentage (-2.6%; P < 0.001) and visceral adiposity (-0.2; P = 0.01) than unfit peers. Moderately fit obese individuals had significantly lower visceral fat levels than unfit obese peers (-3.0; P = 0.03). These results suggest that having adequate handgrip strength-a proxy of overall strength capacity-may attenuate obesity-related cardiometabolic risk. Moreover, weight loss should be recommended to all individuals with obesity, even among those who are currently considered fit. [--]
Materias
Handgrip strength,
Overweight,
Collegiate students,
Cardiometabolic risks
Publicado en
Scientific Reports, (2019), 9:6986
Departamento
Universidad Pública de Navarra. Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud /
Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa. Osasun Zientziak Saila
Entidades Financiadoras
This study was part of the project entitled 'The FUPRECOL study: Asociacion de la Fuerza Prensil con Manifestaciones Tempranas de Riesgo Cardiovascular en Jovenes y Adultos Colombianos', which was funded by Institucion Universitaria Antonio Jose Camacho (Code No111-02.01.48/16), Universidad Santo Tomas (Code No2013004), Universidad Manuela Beltrán (Code NoFT201204), and Universidad de Boyaca (Code NoRECT 60). Mikel Izquierdo is granted in part by a research grant PI17/01814 of the Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad (ISCIII, FEDER) and CIBERFES (CB16/10/00315).