Body Size and the Growth of Maximal Aerobic Power in Children: A Longitudinal Analysis

Rowland, Thomas; Vanderburgh, Paul M.; Cunningham, L. N.

doi:10.1123/pes.9.3.262

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“…Another is data expression of VO 2 peak. So far, VO 2 peak was expressed in most studies by conventional ratio method that had been challenged by several investigators [11,14,17,20] who The value is expressed as absolute and relative (in parentheses) frequencies Physiology & Biochemistry identified the method as biased in describing the aerobic fitness state especially in young population. The evidence from a recent study [14] demonstrated that the use of allometric scaling method generated more unbiased data than ratio method.…”

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The Aerobic Fitness (VO₂Peak) and α-Fibrinogen Genetic Polymorphism in Obese and Non-Obese Chinese Boys

He¹,

Ma²

2005

Int J Sports Med

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The purpose of the study was to compare the aerobic fitness (VO (2) peak) between obese and non-obese boys at pre-puberty and examine the effect of body composition on VO (2) peak in this cohort with reference to TaqI polymorphism at alpha-fibrinogen gene locus. Seventy-seven Chinese boys with similar lifestyle participated in the study. Among them, 47 were diagnosed as obese. VO (2) peak was measured by a treadmill test and body composition was assessed via a combined anthropometrical and bioelectrical impedance analysis method. The alpha-fibrinogen genetic polymorphism was detected through PCR-based digestion with TaqI restriction enzyme. The results indicated that VO (2) peak was significantly lower in obese boys compared with normal weight counterparts when the data were expressed either in conventional ratio unit (ml (-1) . min (-1) . lean body weight [LBW] (-1)) or in allometric unit (ml (-1) . min (-1) . body weight [BW] (-2/3)). LBW, fat mass (FM), and body fat content (BF %) all were correlated with VO (2) peak, while LBW was the strongest predictor. The relationship between body composition and VO (2) peak seemed quite comparable across different alpha-fibrinogen genotypes. Significant difference was observed between obese and non-obese boys in terms of the proportion of genotypes and frequency of alleles. T1T1 homozygotes had higher risk for obesity. We came to the conclusion that prepubertal obese boys exhibited impaired aerobic fitness compared with their normal weight peers. VO (2) peak is closely related to LBW and independent of FM. This relationship remains constant irrespective of the TaqI alpha-fibrinogen genotypes that may be associated with fatness in boys.

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The Aerobic Fitness (VO₂Peak) and α-Fibrinogen Genetic Polymorphism in Obese and Non-Obese Chinese Boys

He¹,

Ma²

2005

Int J Sports Med

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“…By contrast, ratio-scaled peakVO 2 has been noted to decline in both sexes over the same time period, with a greater decline observed in girls. The influence of concurrent changes in body mass, FFM, and maturity status on peakVO 2 has not been addressed longitudinally, and overweight status in relation to the development of aerobic fitness has not been explored (16,18,22,23,29,34,36,38).…”

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“…In several longitudinal studies, %body fat has been predicted from skinfold thicknesses (eg, 16,22,23,34,36), but all combinations of skinfold thicknesses and prediction equations have major limitations (14). The youth-specific equations to predict %body fat from skinfolds developed by Slaughter et al (37) are the most commonly used (eg, 22,34), but validation studies of the Slaughter equations have revealed wide limits of agreement and a tendency to underpredict fat in girls and overpredict fat in boys (32). It has been recommended that researchers should consider simply using the sum of skinfold thicknesses in conjunction with body mass as a surrogate of FFM rather than predicting %body fat from skinfold-based equations and subsequently estimating FFM (32).…”

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Sex-Specific Longitudinal Modeling of Youth Peak Oxygen Uptake

Armstrong

Welsman

2019

Pediatric Exercise Science

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Purpose: To investigate peak oxygen uptake (VO 2) in relation to sex, age, body mass, fat-free mass (FFM), maturity, and overweight status. Methods: Multiplicative, allometric models of 10-to 18-year-olds were founded on 1057 determinations of peakVO 2 supported by anthropometry and estimates of maturity status. Results: Baseline models with body mass controlled for showed age to exert a positive effect on peakVO 2 , with negative estimates for age 2 , sex, and a sex-by-age interaction. Sexspecific models showed maturity status to have a positive effect on peakVO 2 in addition to the effects of age and body mass. Introducing skinfold thicknesses to provide, with body mass, a surrogate for FFM explained maturity effects and yielded a significantly (P < .05) better statistical fit in all models compared with those based on FFM estimated from youth-specific skinfold equations. With girls only, the introduction of overweight, defined by body mass index, resulted in a small but significant (P < .05) negative effect, with an age-by-overweight status interaction. Conclusions: FFM has a powerful influence on peakVO 2 in both sexes. Interpretation of the development of youth aerobic fitness and its application to health should reflect the sex-and maturity-associated variation in FFM.

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“…Increased oxygen use with maximal exercise, it is closely related to the training level, genetics, age and gender (Crawford, 1996, Armstrong & Welsman, 1994. VO 2 max can increase with aerobic training in children (Falk & Bar-Or, 1993;Malina & Bouchard, 1991;Rowland, Vanderburgh & Cunningham, 1997) . To evoluate the effects of exercise in children and metabolic and cordiorespiratory comment on the profile primarily it depends on the measurement of the VO 2 max.…”

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Investigation of maximal oxygen consumption capacity and body composition in children

Yavuz

2017

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The purpose of this study is to examine maximal oxygen consumption and body composition in children. The subjects of the study consisted 80 girls with mean age of 12.12±0.43 years old and 130 boys with mean age 12.10±0.40 years old. All of the 210 subjects joined the study volunterily. At the end of measurements, the mean values for girls found to be as follows: weight; 48.03±8.73 kg, height; 151.15±5.86 cm, body mass index (BMI); 20.93±04.20 kg/cm2, for boys weight; 43.23±7.10 kg, height; 147.90±8.26 cm, BMI; 19.53±03.43 kg/cm2. Age of children, who joined in study, was smilar characteristic. According to results statistical significant analysis performed; there is no significant differences between of the gender, in the datas, which are body weight, body size and maximal Oxygen consumption (maxVO2) (p>0.05). There is significant differences between of the gender, in the datas, which body weight (p 0.002), BMI (p 0.002) and body fat percent (p 0.002). According to results statistical significant analysis performed; there is significant differences between of gender in data of endomorphy (p<0.05), but there is no significant differences between of gender, in datas in mesomorphy and ectomorphy components (p>0.05). Endomorphy component of girls were higher than boys, because the girls' body fat percentage higher than boys. Although mesomorphy component of boys was higher than girls, there is no significant differences between of gender. Again, it is seen that the boys and girls have similar values of ectomorph components.

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Body Size and the Growth of Maximal Aerobic Power in Children: A Longitudinal Analysis

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The Aerobic Fitness (VO₂Peak) and α-Fibrinogen Genetic Polymorphism in Obese and Non-Obese Chinese Boys

The Aerobic Fitness (VO₂Peak) and α-Fibrinogen Genetic Polymorphism in Obese and Non-Obese Chinese Boys

Sex-Specific Longitudinal Modeling of Youth Peak Oxygen Uptake

Investigation of maximal oxygen consumption capacity and body composition in children

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Body Size and the Growth of Maximal Aerobic Power in Children: A Longitudinal Analysis

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The Aerobic Fitness (VO2Peak) and α-Fibrinogen Genetic Polymorphism in Obese and Non-Obese Chinese Boys

The Aerobic Fitness (VO2Peak) and α-Fibrinogen Genetic Polymorphism in Obese and Non-Obese Chinese Boys

Sex-Specific Longitudinal Modeling of Youth Peak Oxygen Uptake

Investigation of maximal oxygen consumption capacity and body composition in children

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The Aerobic Fitness (VO₂Peak) and α-Fibrinogen Genetic Polymorphism in Obese and Non-Obese Chinese Boys

The Aerobic Fitness (VO₂Peak) and α-Fibrinogen Genetic Polymorphism in Obese and Non-Obese Chinese Boys