Cardiorespiratory fitness, adiposity and incident asthma in adults Ortega Porcel, Francisco Bartolomé Lee, Duck-Chul Sui, Xuemei Ruiz Ruiz, Jonatan Cheng, Y. J. Church, T. J. Miller, C. C. Blair, Steven N. Aerobic capacity Obesity Fatness Airways diseases Pulmonary function Available large-scale prospective studies on adiposity and asthma used body mass index as an indicator of adiposity. Studies involving more accurate measures of adiposity, such as body fat percentage (BF%), are needed to confirm or contrast body mass index - related results. Cardiorepiratory fitness is a strong predictor of morbidity and mortality, and the available literature suggests that moderate-high cardiorespiratory fitness reduces many of the health hazards associated with obesity. The present study aimed: 1) to examine whether cardiorespiratory fitness and/or BF% are associated with subsequent acquisition of asthma in adults; and 2) to test the hypothesis that a high cardiorespiratory fitness level can reduce the risk of incident asthma in individuals with excess adiposity. 2013-10-31T11:03:21Z 2013-10-31T11:03:21Z 2010 journal article Ortega, F.B; et al. Cardiorespiratory fitness, adiposity and incident asthma in adults. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 125(1): 271-273 (2010). [http://hdl.handle.net/10481/28998] 0091-6749 doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.10.040 PMC2836774 http://hdl.handle.net/10481/28998 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ open access Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License Elsevier