Association between cardiorespiratory fitness and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome among Korean adults: a cross sectional study

BMC Public Health

Justin Y Jeon⁴  Sang Hwan Kim⁶  Sang Hoon Suh⁵  Sang Hui Chu¹  Jee Aee Im²  Sun Hyun Kim⁷  Kyong-Chol Kim³  Ji Young Kim⁴  Mikyung Lee⁴  Jihye Park⁴  Junga Lee⁴  Sunghyun Hong⁴ 

[1] Department of Clinical Nursing Science, Nursing Policy Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Nursing, Seoul, Korea;Sport and Medicine Research Center, INTOTO Inc, Seoul, Korea;Anti-aging Center, Chaum Life Center, Cha Universty, Seoul, Korea;Exercise Medicine Center for Diabetes and Cancer Patients, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea;Department of Physical Education, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea;Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Yonsei Woori Geriatric Hospital, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, Korea;Department of Family Medicine, Kwandong University, College of Medicine, Gangneung-si, Republic of Korea

关键词: Korean adults;    Metabolic syndrome;    Obesity;    Simple step test;    Cardiorespiratory fitness;   

Others  :  1130455
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-14-481

 received in 2014-02-27, accepted in 2014-05-06,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

The purpose of the current study was to investigate the association between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), measured by a simple step test, and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome among Korean adults, in a cross sectional design.

Methods

A total of 1,007 Korean adults (488 men and 519 women) who underwent routine health checkups were recruited. CRF was measured by Tecumseh step test. The National Cholesterol Education Program’s Adult Treatment Panel III guideline was used to determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome. A logistic regression was performed to reveal possible associations.

Results

The results of the study showed that a lower level of CRF was significantly associated with a higher prevalence of metabolic syndrome in men, but not in women. On the other hand, higher BMI was associated with a higher prevalence of metabolic syndrome in both men and women. However, BMI was not associated with fasting glucose nor hemoglobinA1c in men. When the combined impact of BMI and CRF on the prevalence of metabolic syndrome was analyzed, a significantly increased prevalence of metabolic syndrome was found in both men (odds ratio [OR]: 18.8, 95% Confidence Interval [CI]: 5.0 - 70.5) and women (OR: 8.1, 95% CI: 2.8 - 23.9) who had high BMI and low cardiorespiratory fitness. On the other hand, the prevalence of metabolic syndrome was only increased 7.9 times (95% CI: 2.0 - 31.2) in men and 5.4 times (95% CI: 1.9 - 15.9) in women who had high level of CRF and high BMI.

Conclusion

In conclusion, the current study demonstrated the low CRF and obesity was a predictor for metabolic syndrome in Korean adults.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Hong et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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