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The association between cardiorespiratory fitness and C-reactive protein in subjects with the metabolic syndrome

Doron Aronson, MD^*,*, Ron Sella, MD^*, Muhammad Sheikh-Ahmad^*, Arthur Kerner, MD^*, Ophir Avizohar, MD, Shmuel Rispler, MD, DSc^*, Peter Bartha, MD, Walter Markiewicz, MD^*, Yishai Levy, MD and Gerald J. Brook, MD

^* Department of Cardiology
Center for Preventive Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine D, Rambam Medical Center and Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel

View larger version (14K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Adjusted geometric mean values of C-reactive protein (CRP) and 95% confidence intervals according to fitness quartiles and components of the metabolic syndrome. Levels of CRP were adjusted for age, gender, smoking status, presence of coronary disease, and use of HRT, aspirin, and statins, using analysis of co-variance. Solid circles = zero components; open circles = one or two components; solid squares = three or more components.

View larger version (29K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Frequency of high-risk C-reactive protein (CRP) (3.0 mg/l), according to quartiles of fitness and the number of metabolic syndrome components.

View larger version (16K): [in a new window]   Figure 3 Logistic regression analysis showing odds ratios of having a high-risk C-reactive protein (CRP) level (3.0 mg/l) in subjects with the metabolic syndrome, as compared with subjects without the metabolic syndrome, for each fitness quartile.