Table 2.

Cardiometabolic Risk Score Risk Index and Lipid-Metabolic Cardiovascular Risk Index in BMI and MF/BM tertiles subgroups

MF/BM tertiles	Study variables	BMI Groups
		BMI Normal	BMI OW/OB
Fit (third tertile)		(n = 1,758)	(n = 294)
	Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	142.9 ± 31.4	148.8 ± 36.4
	Triglycerides (mg/dL)	83.1 ± 38.6	100.4 ± 44.0*
	LDL-c mg/dL)	81.6 ± 26.3	82.6 ± 24.5
	HDL-c (mg/dL)	45.9 ± 12.4	43.5 ± 18.1
	Glucose (mg/dL)	70.6 ± 10.7	71.9 ± 8.6
	WC	74.9 ± 5.2	86.0 ± 6.0*
	MPB	87.0 ± 9.8	87.5 ± 10.5
	CMRSI	−0.423 ± 0.791	0.018 ± 0.965*
	LMCRI	−1.961 ± 0.340	−0.425 ± 0.371*
Average fit (second tertile)		(n = 1,576)	(n = 399)
	Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	156.3 ± 35.0	148.8 ± 23.9*
	Triglycerides (mg/dL)	88.2 ± 43.2	115.2 ± 64.1*
	LDL-c mg/dL)	88.6 ± 26.1	85.8 ± 24.2
	HDL-c (mg/dL)	50.5 ± 25.2	40.4 ± 10.9*
	Glucose (mg/dL)	74.9 ± 11.4	79.9 ± 11.1*
	WC	73.8 ± 6.4	87.1 ± 7.0*
	MPB	87.2 ± 9.6	91.9 ± 8.5*
	CMRSI	−0.363 ± 0.723	0.064 ± 0.878*
	LMCRI	0.859 ± 0.397	1.047 ± 0.325*
Unfit (first tertile)		(n = 1,480)	(n = 588)
	Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	159.9 ± 32.5	151.2 ± 29.3
	Triglycerides (mg/dL)	94.2 ± 42.4	119.4 ± 70.4*
	LDL-c mg/dL)	89.5 ± 26.6	92.6 ± 31.5
	HDL-c (mg/dL)	53.7 ± 14.4	38.5 ± 14.2*
	Glucose (mg/dL)	76.8 ± 11.5	80.5 ± 10.1*
	WC	72.7 ± 5.6	83.5 ± 8.6*
	MPB	86.3 ± 9.0	89.2 ± 9.1
	CMRSI	−0.355 ± 0.676	0.132 ± 1.104*
	LMCRI	0.941 ± 0.298	1.044 ± 0.351*

Age and smoking were used as covariates (ANCOVA). Differences within the respective BMI groups between the fitness tertiles were compared with the unfit subgroup using Bonferroni correction

MF/BM muscular fitness/body mass; OW/OB overweight/obese; WC waist circumference; MBP mean blood pressure; LMCRI lipid-metabolic cardiovascular risk index; CMRSI Cardiometabolic Risk Factor Score Index

* P < 0.001. Mean ± standard deviation