Anthropometry Does Not Fully Explain Low Fitness Among Adults With Down Syndrome

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-27-2021

Publication Title

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

First page number:

1

Last page number:

7

Abstract

Background: Cardiorespiratory fitness, expressed as peak oxygen uptake during exercise (VO2peak), is an important predictor of cardiovascular health and is related to anthropometry in the general population. Individuals with Down syndrome (DS) have reduced cardiorespiratory fitness and often exhibit different anthropometrics compared with the general population. Interestingly, the relation between anthropometry and cardiorespiratory fitness found in the general population is not apparent in individuals with DS. However, accurate measures with dual energy X‐ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scan have not been used to investigate this relationship in this population. The purpose of this paper was to investigate the relationship between accurate measures of anthropometry and cardiorespiratory fitness in adults with DS compared with an age‐matched and sex‐matched control group. Methods: Anthropometrics (height, weight, waist and hip circumference, body composition via DEXA) and cardiorespiratory fitness (VO2peak, measured during a graded maximal exercise test) were assessed in adults with (n = 9; 25 ± 3 years; 6 male patients) and without DS (n = 10, 24 ± 4 years; 5 male patients)... (See full abstract in article)

Keywords

Body composition; Down syndrome; Fitness; Maximal oxygen uptake

Disciplines

Disability Studies | Exercise Science

Language

English

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