Fatness mediates the influence of muscular fitness on metabolic syndrome in Colombian collegiate students.

The purpose of this study was two-fold: to analyze the association between muscular fitness (MF) and clustering of metabolic syndrome (MetS) components, and to determine if fatness parameters mediate the association between MF and MetS clustering in Colombian collegiate students. This cross-sectiona...

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Main Authors: Antonio García-Hermoso, Hugo Alejandro Carrillo, Katherine González-Ruíz, Andrés Vivas, Héctor Reynaldo Triana-Reina, Javier Martínez-Torres, Daniel Humberto Prieto-Benavidez, Jorge Enrique Correa-Bautista, Jeison Alexander Ramos-Sepúlveda, Emilio Villa-González, Mark D Peterson, Robinson Ramírez-Vélez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5352003?pdf=render