Normative reference values for the 20-meter shuttlerun test in a population-based sample of schoolchildren in Bogota, Colombia: The FUPRECOL Study
Summary
Our aim was to determine the normative reference values of
cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and to establish the proportion of subjects with low CRF
suggestive of future cardio-metabolic risk.
Abstract
Our aim was to determine the normative reference values of
cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and to establish the proportion of subjects with low CRF
suggestive of future cardio-metabolic risk.
Methods: A total of 7244 children and adolescents attending public schools in Bogota,
Colombia (55.7% girls; age range of 9–17.9 years). We expressed CRF performance as
the number of shuttle-runs completed and the estimated peak oxygen consumption
(VO2peak) and smoothed percentile curves were calculated. In addition, we also present
the prevalence of low CRF after applying a previously suggested correction factor, to
account for the impact of Bogota’s altitude (2,625 meters over sea level) on CRF
assessment and we calculated the number of participants who fell below health-related
FITNESSGRAM cut-points for low CRF.