1. Cross-sectional study of ethnic differences in physical fitness among children of South Asian, black African–Caribbean and white European origin: the Child Heart and Health Study in England (CHASE)
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Alicja R. Rudnicka, Angela S Donin, Kate Westgate, Ulf Ekelund, Derek G Cook, Christopher G. Owen, Soren Brage, Sarah R Kerry, Peter H. Whincup, Claire M Nightingale, Brage, Soren [0000-0002-1265-7355], Westgate, Kate [0000-0002-0283-3562], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Pediatrics ,Cross-sectional study ,Epidemiology ,Physical fitness ,Ethnic group ,Black People ,030209 endocrinology & metabolism ,White People ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Oxygen Consumption ,Asian People ,medicine ,Ethnicity ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Child ,Children ,Response rate (survey) ,White (horse) ,Schools ,business.industry ,Research ,VO2 max ,General Medicine ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,England ,Exercise Test ,Linear Models ,Female ,business ,Demography - Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Little is known about levels of physical fitness in children from different ethnic groups in the UK. We therefore studied physical fitness in UK children (aged 9-10 years) of South Asian, black African-Caribbean and white European origin. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Primary schools in the UK. PARTICIPANTS: 1625 children (aged 9-10 years) of South Asian, black African-Caribbean and white European origin in the UK studied between 2006 and 2007. OUTCOME MEASURES: A step test assessed submaximal physical fitness from which estimated VO2 max was derived. Ethnic differences in estimated VO2 max were estimated using multilevel linear regression allowing for clustering at school level and adjusting for age, sex and month as fixed effects. RESULTS: The study response rate was 63%. In adjusted analyses, boys had higher levels of estimated VO2 max than girls (mean difference 3.06 mL O2/min/kg, 95% CI 2.66 to 3.47, p
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- 2016