Cardiovascular disease risk in obese adults assessed using established values for cardiorespiratory fitness

• Published in: Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism Vol. 42; no. 1; p. 93
• Main Authors: Bostad, William, Ricketts, Thomas Alexander, Stotz, Paula Jean, Ross, Robert
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada 01-01-2017
• Subjects: Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Body Mass Index; Cardiorespiratory Fitness; Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology; Cardiovascular Diseases - etiology; Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control; Cohort Studies; Exercise; Female; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Middle Aged; Models, Cardiovascular; Obesity, Abdominal - physiopathology; Obesity, Abdominal - therapy; Ontario - epidemiology; Risk Factors; Sedentary Lifestyle; Self Report; Sex Factors; Waist Circumference; Young Adult; maladie cardiovasculaire; cardiovascular disease; capacité cardiorespiratoire; cardiorespiratory fitness; activité physique; obésité; obesity; physical activity
• ISSN: 1715-5320
• DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2016-0132

The present study was designed to assess the risk of cardiovascular disease as determined by cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) in a large sample of inactive, obese adults. Cardiovascular disease risk was determined using published age- and sex-adjusted values for low, moderate, and high CRF from the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study (ACLS). Contrary to expectations, ACLS-CRF classifications identified approximately 60% of our inactive, obese adults as having moderate or high CRF and hence, low cardiovascular disease risk.