Measurement Agreement Between Estimates of Aerobic Fitness in Youth: The Impact of Body Mass Index
Pedro F. Saint-Maurice, Gregory J. Welk, Kelly R. Laurson and Dale D. Brown
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport 85(1): 59=
Despite the potential for body mass and/or body composition to have an adverse effect on endurance test performance, there remains a lack of timely and relevant research in the exercise science field that warrants additional, systematic study. While it is known that Progressive Aerobic Cardiorespiratory Endurance Run (PACER) equations and the Mile Run Test are reliable and valid, recent health-related Fitnessgram standards were introduced in an effort to improve the usefulness of these measures for school assessment applications.
Therefore, the purpose of this exploratory study was to evaluate the effects of body mass index (BMI) on the congruence between the aerobic capacity estimates derived from the application of the Progressive Aerobic Cardiorespiratory Endurance Run (PACER) equations and the Mile Run Test. Based on the exploratory design of the study, Saint-Maurice et al.'s guiding hypothesis was that BMI has a major influence on aerobic fitness estimates. Drawing on previously collected data from 911 male participants and 755 female youths (grades 3-12) from four schools (two...
Obesity, or having a body mass index (BMI) above the normal range has been linked to serious illnesses such as heart disease, stroke, some cancers, and type II diabetes, which are among the leading causes of death nation-wide (Nutrition, physical activity, and obesity, 2011, DHHS). "Doctors call people obese if their weight in kilograms is more than 30 times bigger than their height in meters squared" (Herper 2006). Obesity can
10 Was the exposure intervention accurately measured? No, we have no indication that it was accurately measured. We know that the results were hindered by water -- so those who sweat may have disabled the device or changed the result. 11 Were the relevant outcome measures ignored? There was no analysis of the results of sexual maturity on BMI or exercise. Since all three groups could be aggregated for this portion of the
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