BMI as a mediator of the relationship between muscular fitness and cardiometabolic risk in children: a mediation analysis.

<h4>Objective</h4>Muscular fitness levels have been associated with cardiometabolic risk in children, although whether body weight acts as a confounder or as an intermediate variable in this relationship remains controversial. The aim of this study was to examine whether the association...

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Main Authors: Ana Díez-Fernández, Mairena Sánchez-López, Roberto Gulías-González, Blanca Notario-Pacheco, Jorge Cañete García-Prieto, Natalia Arias-Palencia, Vicente Martínez-Vizcaíno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116506