ABSTRACT
The assessment of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) has been considered an important factor in aspects related to public health, since high CRF levels can reduce the risk of morbidity and mortality due to various causes and from cardiovascular diseases in the adult population (Blair et al., 1998). In the case of children and adolescents, this favourable aspect can also be observed, since youth with high values of cardiorespiratory indicators tend to have protection against the risk factors for cardiovascular diseases such as, obesity, high blood pressure, dyslipidaemia, and insulin resistance, among others (Eisenmann et al., 2007).
