Bidirectional longitudinal associations of fatness with physical fitness in adolescents with Down syndrome. The UP&DOWN Longitudinal study
Background The aim of this study was to examine the bidirectional longitudinal associations of several markers of fatness and physical fitness in adolescents with Down syndrome. Methods This study comprised a total of 111 adolescents (41 females), aged from 11 to 20 years with complete data at the b...
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Published in | Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities Vol. 34; no. 1; pp. 90 - 98 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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England
Wiley
01.01.2021
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Summary: | Background
The aim of this study was to examine the bidirectional longitudinal associations of several markers of fatness and physical fitness in adolescents with Down syndrome.
Methods
This study comprised a total of 111 adolescents (41 females), aged from 11 to 20 years with complete data at the baseline. We had a drop‐out of <10% from the baseline to the 2‐year follow‐up. The ALPHA health‐related fitness test battery for youth was used.
Results
Our results show that all fatness variables at the baseline were associated with a 2‐year change in cardiorespiratory fitness (β ranging from −0.32 to −0.38; all p < .05), but not with muscular and motor fitness (p > .05). However, no associations were found between physical fitness components as predictors and fatness indicators (p > .05).
Conclusions
Results suggest that reducing fatness during adolescence might represent a modifiable factor to improve cardiorespiratory fitness at the 2‐year follow‐up, but not vice versa since associations were not bidirectional. |
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Bibliography: | Spanish National Research Council José Castro‐Piñero, Jesús Mora‐Vicente, José L. González‐Montesinos, Julio Conde‐Caveda, Francisco B. Ortega (UGR), Jonatan R. Ruiz (UGR), Carmen Padilla Moledo, Ana Carbonell Baeza, Palma Chillón (UGR), Jorge del Rosario Fernández, Ana González Galo, Gonzalo Bellvís Guerra, Álvaro Delgado Alfonso, Fernando Parrilla, Roque Gómez, and Juan Gavala. UP&DOWN group Coordinator Fernando Bandrés, Alejandro Lucia (UEM), Catalina Santiago (UEM), and Felix Gómez‐Gallego (UEM). Complutense University of Madrid Principal Investigators Oscar L. Veiga, H. Ariel Villagra, Juan del‐Campo, Carlos Cordente (UPM), Mario Diaz, Carlos M. Tejero, Aitor Acha, Jose M. Moya, Alberto Sanz, David Martinez‐Gomez, Veronica Cabanas‐Sanchez, Gabriel Rodriguez‐Romo (UPM), Rocio Izquierdo‐Gómez, Laura Garcia‐Cervantes, and Irene Esteban‐Cornejo. Autonomous University of Madrid University of Cadiz David Martinez‐Gomez (chair), Jonatan R. Ruiz (co‐chair), Ana Carbonell‐Baeza, Sonia Gomez‐Martinez, and Catalina Santiago. Ascension Marcos, Sonia Gomez‐Martinez, Esther Nova, Esperanza L. Diaz, Belén Zapatera, Ana M. Veses, Jorge R. Mujico, and Alina Gheorghe. Scientific Coordinators Ascension Marcos, Oscar L. Veiga, Jose Castro‐Piñero, and Fernando Bandrés. Ascension Marcos. ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 1360-2322 1468-3148 |
DOI: | 10.1111/jar.12788 |