Aerobic Fitness and Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome in African Americans and non-African Americans in PREMIER: a randomized controlled trial

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dc.contributor.advisorYoung, Deborah Ren_US
dc.contributor.authorLevin, Laura Aen_US
dc.contributor.departmentKinesiologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2008-10-11T05:52:33Z
dc.date.available2008-10-11T05:52:33Z
dc.date.issued2008-08-11en_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: The Metabolic Syndrome is the clustering of several cardiovascular risk factors for coronary heart disease and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. This syndrome is of public health importance due to its high prevalence and high correlation to all-cause, CHD, and CVD mortality. The purpose of the current study was to determine if a change in aerobic fitness in the treatment group significantly decreased the odds of Metabolic Syndrome at 6 and 18 months. Methods: There were 810 adult participants in this trial with above-optimal blood pressure and up to stage I hypertension. Participants were part of an advice-only control group or a treatment group where physical activity increases were the main component. Results: A change in aerobic fitness, independent of treatment status, was significantly associated with a decrease in prevalent Metabolic Syndrome at both 6 and 18 months (OR: 0.96, CI: 0.94 - 0.98 & OR: 0.96; CI: 0.94 - 0.98, respectively).en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/8605
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledHealth Sciences, Public Healthen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledMetabolic Syndromeen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledaerobic fitnessen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPREMIERen_US
dc.titleAerobic Fitness and Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome in African Americans and non-African Americans in PREMIER: a randomized controlled trialen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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