Parent’s Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Body Mass, and Chronic Disease Status Is Associated with Metabolic Syndrome in Young Adults: A Preliminary Study

Paul B. Nolan, Graeme Carrick-Ranson, James W. Stinear, Stacey A. Reading and Lance C. Dalleck
Additional contact information
Paul B. Nolan: Exercise Science, College of Nursing and Health Science, Flinders University, Adelaide 5001, Australia
Graeme Carrick-Ranson: Exercise and Sport Science, School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide 5001, Australia
James W. Stinear: Department of Exercise Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1023, New Zealand
Stacey A. Reading: Department of Exercise Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1023, New Zealand
Lance C. Dalleck: Recreational, Exercise, and Sport Science Department, Western Colorado University, Gunnison, CO 81231, USA

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 10, 1-7

Abstract: We sought to determine if there was an intergenerational association between parental weight, cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), and disease status, with the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetSyn) in their young adult offspring. Young adults ( n = 270, 21 ± 1 years, 53.3% female) were assessed for MetSyn and self-reported parent’s CRF, body mass status, and disease status. MetSyn was present in 11.9% of participants, 27.4% had one or two components, and 58.5% had no components. A significantly higher percentage (93.9%) of young adults with MetSyn identified at least one parent as being overweight or obese, 84.8% reported low parental CRF and 87.9% reported a parent with disease (all p < 0.017). MetSyn in offspring is more likely when parents are perceived to have low CRF, increased body mass, and a diagnosis of disease. Evaluating the offspring of people with low CRF, elevated body mass, or who have a history of cardiovascular disease (CVD) or diabetes should be considered to promote early identification and treatment of young adults to reduce future premature CVD in these at-risk individuals.

Keywords: metabolic syndrome; young adult; primordial prevention; primary prevention; cardiovascular disease screening (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/10/1768/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/10/1768/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:16:y:2019:i:10:p:1768-:d:232499

Access Statistics for this article

IJERPH is currently edited by Ms. Jenna Liu

More articles in IJERPH from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().