Table 3.
Multivariate regression between metabolic risk factors and VO²Max, using age and % fat mass as covariates.
| Girls | Boys | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | P | F | P | |||
| Systolic BP | 1.938 | .129 | 2.508 | .066 | ||
| Diastolic BP | 0.201 | .896 | 3.294 | .025 | VO²Max: 0.048 | |
| Fasting Glucose | 1.476 | .226 | 1.968 | .125 | ||
| Fasting Insulin | 5.683 | .001 | VO²Max: 0.002 | 6.317 | <.0001 | Age: 0.017 |
| HOMA-IR | 4.530 | .005 | VO²Max: 0.001 | 6.275 | <.0001 | Age: 0.026 |
| Triglycerides | 2.384 | .073 | 3.976 | .010 | VO²Max: 0.034 | |
| HDL Cholesterol | 1.055 | .371 | 3.139 | .029 | Age: 0.039 | |
| LDL Cholesterol | 0.846 | .472 | 0.930 | .431 | ||
| AST | 1.051 | .373 | 0.514 | .674 | ||
| ALT | 3.829 | .012 | VO²Max: 0.073 | 2.492 | .065 | |
| Fibrinogen | 4.21 | .008 | Age: 0.040 % FM: 0.007 | 2.938 | .038 | %FM: 0.018 |
| Sedimentation rate | 4.077 | .009 | 4.085 | <.001 | %FM: 0.045 | |
Tanner stage did not significantly enter in any model tested.