Cardiovascular Fitness and Risk Factors of Healthy African Americans and Caucasians

摘要: Background African Americans have a higher prevalence of and mortality rates from cardiovascular disease than Caucasians. One important risk factor for is poor fitness. We quantified associations between fitness related primary factors in healthy Methods Results Participants included American (n = 91) Caucasian 51) men women aged 18 to 45 years with body mass index less 38 kg/m 2 , fasting blood glucose 126 mg/dL, pressure 140/90 mm Hg. Fitness, waist hip circumference, percent fat, glucose, insulin, lipid profiles, C-reactive protein (CRP) were measured. The majority (57.1%) low-fair (Caucasians, 31.4%), only 20.8% good/high 39.2%). number increased decreasing fitness, CRP was negatively associated both groups. Conclusions Low may characterize apparently as at disease. Including improve early identification at-risk Americans. Importantly, prescribing exercise medicine promoting regular physical activity essential among