Table 3.

Correlations Between Changes in Fitness or Fatness and Changes in Components of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Between Baseline and Second Examinations

	Fitness change		Fatness change
			% body fat change		BMI change
CVD risk factor components	r*	p Value	r*	p Value	r*	p Value
Unadjusted
Systolic blood pressure change	−0.08	<0.001	0.10	<0.001	0.14	<0.001
Diastolic blood pressure change	−0.05	0.003	0.06	0.002	0.09	<0.001
Waist circumference change	−0.21	<0.001	0.35	<0.001	0.38	<0.001
Fasting glucose change	0.01	0.43	0.05	0.006	0.010	<0.001
Triglycerides change	−0.15	<0.001	0.16	<0.001	0.23	<0.001
HDL cholesterol change	0.11	<0.001	−0.12	<0.001	−0.11	<0.001
Total cholesterol change	−0.12	<0.001	0.21	<0.001	0.22	<0.001
Adjusted for age, sex, and % body fat change for fitness change or maximal MET change for fatness change
Systolic blood pressure change	−0.05	0.006	0.07	<0.001	0.12	<0.001
Diastolic blood pressure change	−0.04	0.045	0.04	0.04	0.07	<0.001
Waist circumference change	−0.14	<0.001	0.37	<0.001	0.42	<0.001
Fasting glucose change	0.03	0.08	0.06	0.002	0.10	<0.001
Triglycerides change	−0.10	<0.001	0.12	<0.001	0.19	<0.001
HDL cholesterol change	0.08	<0.001	−0.09	<0.001	−0.08	<0.001
Total cholesterol change	−0.05	0.008	0.17	<0.001	0.18	<0.001

^*Values are Pearson correlation coefficients in the unadjusted model and Pearson partial correlation coefficients in the adjusted model.

BMI = body mass index; HDL = high-density lipoprotein; MET = metabolic equivalent.