Obesity as a Mediator of the Influence of Cardiorespiratory Fitness on Cardiometabolic Risk: A Mediation Analysis | Zendy

Ana DíezFernández | Zendy; Mairena SánchezLópez | Zendy; Ricardo MoraRodríguez | Zendy; Blanca NotarioPacheco | Zendy; Coral Torrijos-Niño | Zendy; Vicente MartínezVizcaíno | Zendy

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Obesity as a Mediator of the Influence of Cardiorespiratory Fitness on Cardiometabolic Risk: A Mediation Analysis

Author(s) -

Ana DíezFernández,

Mairena SánchezLópez,

Ricardo MoraRodríguez,

Blanca NotarioPacheco,

Coral Torrijos-Niño,

Vicente MartínezVizcaíno

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

diabetes care

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 6.636

H-Index - 363

eISSN - 1935-5548

pISSN - 0149-5992

DOI - 10.2337/dc13-0416

Subject(s) - medicine , cardiorespiratory fitness , mediation , waist , metabolic syndrome , body mass index , endocrinology , blood pressure , obesity , confounding , diabetes mellitus , triglyceride , type 2 diabetes , cholesterol , political science , law

The relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and metabolic syndrome (MetS) is well known, although the extent to which body weight may act as a confounder or mediator in this relationship is uncertain. The aim of this study was to examine whether the association between CRF and cardiometabolic risk factors is mediated by BMI.

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