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Table 2 Cardiometabolic Risk Score Risk Index and Lipid-Metabolic Cardiovascular Risk Index in BMI and MF/BM tertiles subgroups

From: High muscular fitness has a powerful protective cardiometabolic effect in adults: influence of weight status

MF/BM tertiles

Study variables

BMI Groups

BMI Normal

BMI OW/OB

Fit (third tertile)

 

(n = 1,758)

(n = 294)

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

142.9 ± 31.4

148.8 ± 36.4

Triglycerides (mg/dL)

83.1 ± 38.6

100.4 ± 44.0*

LDL-c mg/dL)

81.6 ± 26.3

82.6 ± 24.5

HDL-c (mg/dL)

45.9 ± 12.4

43.5 ± 18.1

Glucose (mg/dL)

70.6 ± 10.7

71.9 ± 8.6

WC

74.9 ± 5.2

86.0 ± 6.0*

MPB

87.0 ± 9.8

87.5 ± 10.5

CMRSI

−0.423 ± 0.791

0.018 ± 0.965*

LMCRI

−1.961 ± 0.340

−0.425 ± 0.371*

Average fit (second tertile)

 

(n = 1,576)

(n = 399)

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

156.3 ± 35.0

148.8 ± 23.9*

Triglycerides (mg/dL)

88.2 ± 43.2

115.2 ± 64.1*

LDL-c mg/dL)

88.6 ± 26.1

85.8 ± 24.2

HDL-c (mg/dL)

50.5 ± 25.2

40.4 ± 10.9*

Glucose (mg/dL)

74.9 ± 11.4

79.9 ± 11.1*

WC

73.8 ± 6.4

87.1 ± 7.0*

MPB

87.2 ± 9.6

91.9 ± 8.5*

CMRSI

−0.363 ± 0.723

0.064 ± 0.878*

LMCRI

0.859 ± 0.397

1.047 ± 0.325*

Unfit (first tertile)

 

(n = 1,480)

(n = 588)

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

159.9 ± 32.5

151.2 ± 29.3

Triglycerides (mg/dL)

94.2 ± 42.4

119.4 ± 70.4*

LDL-c mg/dL)

89.5 ± 26.6

92.6 ± 31.5

HDL-c (mg/dL)

53.7 ± 14.4

38.5 ± 14.2*

Glucose (mg/dL)

76.8 ± 11.5

80.5 ± 10.1*

WC

72.7 ± 5.6

83.5 ± 8.6*

MPB

86.3 ± 9.0

89.2 ± 9.1

CMRSI

−0.355 ± 0.676

0.132 ± 1.104*

LMCRI

0.941 ± 0.298

1.044 ± 0.351*

  1. Age and smoking were used as covariates (ANCOVA). Differences within the respective BMI groups between the fitness tertiles were compared with the unfit subgroup using Bonferroni correction
  2. MF/BM muscular fitness/body mass; OW/OB overweight/obese; WC waist circumference; MBP mean blood pressure; LMCRI lipid-metabolic cardiovascular risk index; CMRSI Cardiometabolic Risk Factor Score Index
  3. * P < 0.001. Mean ± standard deviation