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Genetics of somatotype and physical fitness in children and adolescents
Silventoinen, Karri; Maia, José; Jelenkovic, Aline; Pereira, Sara; Gouveia, Élvio; Antunes, António; Thomis, Martine; Lefevre, Johan; Kaprio, JaakkoObjectives: To analyze the influence of genetic and environmental factors on the variation in somatotype, physical fitness, and their mutual associations. Methods: Twins from 214 pairs (87 monozygotic) of the Autonomous Region of Madeira, Portugal, from 3 to 18 years of age (51% girls) were assessed in anthropometry and physical fitness tests. We estimated endomorphy, meso morphy, and ectomorphy based on anthro...
Motor performance, body fatness and environmental factors in preschool children
Antunes, António M; Freitas, Duarte L.; Maia, José; Hedeker, Donald; Gouveia, Élvio R; Thomis, Martine; Lefevre, Johan; Barnett, Lisa MThe first aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between motor performance and body fatness among 3- to 5-year-old children. The second aim was to assess whether this relationship works similarly for boys and girls. We also investigated whether socioeconomic status (SES) and geographical area when children are aged 3 years old predicts the motor performance of 4 and 5-yr-old children. Motor perfo...
Biological and environmental determinants of 12-minute run performance in youth
Freitas, Duarte; Maia, José; Stasinopoulos, Mikis; Gouveia, Élvio Rúbio; Antunes, António M.; Thomis, Martine; Lefevre, Johan; Claessens, AlbrechtBackground: The 12-minute run is a commonly used indicator of cardiorespiratory fitness in youth. Variation in growth and maturity status as potential correlates of test performance has not been systematically addressed. Aim: To evaluate biological and environmental determinants of 12-minute run performance in Portuguese youth aged 7–17years. Subjects and methods: Mixed-longitudinal samples of 187 boys and 142 ...
The genetic background of metabolic trait clusters in children and adolescents
Silventoinen, Karri; Gouveia, Élvio; Jelenkovic, Aline; Maia, José; Antunes, António M.; Carvalho, Miguel Â. A. Pinheiro de; Brehm, António M.Background: It is well known that the metabolic risk factors of cardiovascular diseases are correlated, but the background of this clustering in children is more poorly known than in adults. Thus, we studied the contribution of genetic and environmental factors to the clustering of metabolic traits in childhood and adolescence. Methods: Nine metabolic traits were measured in 214 complete twin pairs aged 3 to 18...
Skeletal maturation, body size, and motor coordination in youth 11-14 years
Freitas, Duarte Luís; Lausen, Berthold; Maia, José António Ribeiro; Gouveia, Élvio Rúbio; Thomis, Martine; Lefevre, Johan; Silva, Ricardo DinisPurpose: The objective of this study is to estimate the relative contribution of biological maturation to variance in the motor coordination (MC) among youth and to explore gender differences in the associations. Methods: Skeletal maturation (Tanner-Whitehouse 3), stature, body mass, and MC (Ko¨rperkoordinationstest fu¨rKinder) were assessed in 613 youths, 284 boys and 329 girls 11–14 yr of age. Standardized re...
Prevalência de sobrepeso e obesidade em crianças e adolescentes da Região Autón...
Gouveia, Élvio; Freitas, Duarte; Maia, José; Beunen, Gaston; Claessens, Albrecht; Marques, António; Thomis, Martine; Almeida, Sara; Lefevre, JohanO objectivo foi estimar a prevalência de sobrepeso e obesidade em crianças e adolescentes da Região Autónoma da Madeira, Portugal. Um procedimento estratificado proporcional foi usado para obter uma amostra representativa de crianças e adolescentes madeirenses dos 7 aos 18 anos. No total, 2503 sujeitos, 1266 rapazes e 1237 raparigas, participaram no estudo. A prevalência de sobrepeso e obesidade foi definida a ...
Cross-validation of the Beunen–Malina method to predict adult height
Beunen, Gaston P.; Malina, Robert M.; Freitas, Duarte L.; Maia, José A.; Claessens, Albrecht L.; Gouveia, Élvio R.; Lefevre, JohanThe purpose of this study was to cross-validate the Beunen–Malina method for non-invasive prediction of adult height. Three hundred and eight boys aged 13, 14, 15 and 16 years from the Madeira Growth Study were observed at annual intervals in 1996, 1997 and 1998 and re-measured 7–8 years later. Height, sitting height and the triceps and subscapular skinfolds were measured; skeletal age was assessed using the Ta...