Cross-sectional associations between physical fitness and biomarkers of inflammation in children - the PANIC Study.
Eero A HaapalaEmmi KuronenJohanna K IhalainenNiina LintuMarja H LeppänenTuomo TompuriMustafa AtalayUrsula SchwabTimo A LakkaPublished in: Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports (2023)
/kg of body mass (β=-0.416, 95% CI=-0.514 to -0.318), higher number of completed sit-ups (β=-0.147, 95% CI=-0.244 to -0.049), a longer distance jumped in the standing long jump test (β=-0.270, 95% CI=-0.371 to -0.169), and a shorter time in the 50 metre shuttle run test (β=0.123, 95% CI=0.022 to 0.223) were associated with lower IS. None of these associations remained statistically significant after adjustment for BF% CONCLUSIONS: Higher physical fitness is associated with more favourable inflammatory biomarker profile in children. However, the associations were explained by BF%.