International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Table 1 Pearson correlation coefficients between values in single CVD risk factors assessed in 1983 and 1991.

From: The relationship between physical fitness and clustered risk, and tracking of clustered risk from adolescence to young adulthood: eight years follow-up in the Danish Youth and Sport Study

	Men			Women
	n	r	P<	n	r	P<
Body fat (%)	80	0.72	**	97	0.46	**
BMI (kg m^-2)	86	0.80	**	114	0.77	**
VO_2max (l min^-1)	78	0.51	**	90	0.72	**
VO_2max (ml min^-1 kg^-1)	78	0.35	**	90	0.48	**
Systolic BP (mm)	80	0.49	**	97	0.54	**
Diastolic BP (mm)	80	0.44	**	97	0.38	**
Cholesterol (mmol l^-1)	75	0.39	**	88	0.51	**
HDL-C (mmol l^-1)	75	0.29	*	89	0.49	**
Triglyceride (mmol l^-1)	59	0.32	*	81	0.33	*
Physical activity (h w^-1)	88	0.31	**	114	0.20	NS

* P < 0.01; ** P < 0.001; NS non-significant

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