Sandercock, Gavin RH and Ogunleye, Ayodele and Voss, Christine (2011) Comparison of cardiorespiratory fitness and body mass index between rural and urban youth: Findings from the East of England Healthy Hearts Study. Pediatrics International, 53 (5). pp. 718-724. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-200x.2011.03354.x
Sandercock, Gavin RH and Ogunleye, Ayodele and Voss, Christine (2011) Comparison of cardiorespiratory fitness and body mass index between rural and urban youth: Findings from the East of England Healthy Hearts Study. Pediatrics International, 53 (5). pp. 718-724. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-200x.2011.03354.x
Sandercock, Gavin RH and Ogunleye, Ayodele and Voss, Christine (2011) Comparison of cardiorespiratory fitness and body mass index between rural and urban youth: Findings from the East of England Healthy Hearts Study. Pediatrics International, 53 (5). pp. 718-724. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-200x.2011.03354.x
Abstract
Background: The aim of the present study was to determine if there were differences in cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and body mass index (BMI) in rural versus urban youth. Methods: We measured BMI in 6628 10.0-15.9-year-olds and classified them as normal weight, overweight or obese. CRF was assessed with a 20-m shuttle-run test and subjects were classified as unfit, fit or highly fit. Rural or urban dwelling was calculated from postcodes. Results: There were no differences in frequency of BMI categories or CRF between rural and urban children (<13 years) or adolescents (>13 years). Rural adolescents were less likely to be fit (OR = 0.80; 95%CI 0.67-0.96) or highly fit (OR = 0.69; 95%CI 0.55-0.86) independent of their age, sex, race or level of deprivation. Conclusions: Whilst there were no differences evident in children <13 years, rural adolescents were significantly less likely to meet criterion-based cut-off points for CRF. Research to elucidate why such differences exist is warranted. © 2011 Japan Pediatric Society.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | adiposity; environment; fitness |
Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences, School of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 04 Aug 2011 15:06 |
Last Modified: | 18 Aug 2022 11:14 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/348 |