Open AccessProspective BMI Category Change Associated with Cardiovascular Fitness Change
Author(s) -
Tom Baranowski,
Tzu-An Chen,
Jason A. Mendoza,
Teresia M. O’Connor,
Janice Baranowski,
Russell Jago
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1249/mss.0b013e3182703774
Subject(s) - percentile , overweight , medicine , body mass index , obesity , analysis of variance , demography , weight change , physical therapy , weight loss , mathematics , statistics , sociology
The objective of this study was to test the relationship of change in body mass index (BMI) percentile score group (from sixth to eighth grade) with change in cardiovascular fitness (CVF), baseline BMIz-score, and CVF.