Cardiorespiratory fitness and body mass index on metabolic syndrome in middle-aged Japanese adults under national health guidance: a cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Xiangyu Zhai (Author), Susumu S. Sawada (Author), Sayaka Kurosawa (Author), Sakura Koriyama (Author), Serena A. Dimitroff (Author), Shinji Sato (Author), Yuko Oguma (Author), Yoshio Nakata (Author), Kazushi Maruo (Author), Motohiko Miyachi (Author), Yuko Gando (Author), Koichiro Oka (Author), Duck-chul Lee (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Objectives Poor cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and high body mass index (BMI) increased the risk of developing metabolic Syndrome (MetS) mostly in Caucasians. However, the sex-specific combined association of CRF and BMI on MetS considering health-related behaviors has yet to be thoroughly...