FIGURE 2.

Mediating effect of cardiorespiratory fitness on the associations of cardiometabolic health with endothelial function, arterial elasticity, and arterial stiffness in 5566 children 9–11 yr of age. Analyses were adjusted for age, sex, diameter of the brachial artery, puberty, and mother’s socioeconomic status. Associations with P value <0.05 were considered statistically significant. β, unstandardized regression coefficients, CI, confidence interval; CM-H, cardiometabolic health; CRF, cardiorespiratory fitness allometrically scaled by lean mass; DC, distensibility coefficient, which measures arterial structure; FMD, flow-mediated dilation, which measures endothelial function; PWV, pulse wave velocity, which measures arterial structure.