Weber, Vinícius Muller ReisFernandes, Daniel ZanardiniVolpato, Leonardo Alexde Oliveira Bueno, Maria RaquelRomanzini, MarceloCastro-Piñero, JoseRonque, Enio Ricardo Vaz2022-08-182022-08-182021-04-29Weber VMR, Fernandes DZ, Volpato LA, de Oliveira Bueno MR, Romanzini M, Castro-Piñero J, et al. Development of cardiorespiratory fitness standards for working memory using receiver operating curves in 15-year-old adolescents. BMC Pediatr. 2021 Apr 29;21(1):208http://hdl.handle.net/10668/3915Background: Working memory performance is associated with better academic achievements in children and adolescents, and it is positively related to CRF. However, what level of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) discriminates higher working memory performance is not known. The purpose of this study was to identify CRF thresholds linked to working memory in adolescents. Methods: Data of 141 adolescents (53.2 % girls) were collected (14.9 years) from a cross-sectional study during the year 2019. CRF was assessed by the 20-m shuttle run test, and maximal oxygen uptake was calculated using the Mahar´s equation. Working memory was evaluated by the Corsi blocks test and performance was classified by percentiles. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was used to identify CRF thresholds. Results: The ROC analysis indicated that CRF could be used to discriminate working memory in adolescents. CRF thresholds of ≥45.03 ml.kg− 1 .min− 1 for boys and ≥36.63 ml.kg− 1 .min− 1 for girls were found to be indicative of “normal” working memory performance. Conclusions: CRF could discriminate low and normal working memory performance in 14-16- year-old adolescents.These thresholds could allow for earlier identification and intervention of low working memory performance using CRF.enAtribución 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Executive functionsCognitive controlPhysical fitnessDevelopmentFunción ejecutivaMetacogniciónAptitud físicaCrecimiento y desarrolloCapacidad cardiovascularMedical Subject Headings::Persons::Persons::Age Groups::AdolescentMedical Subject Headings::Persons::Persons::Age Groups::ChildMedical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Epidemiologic Study Characteristics as Topic::Epidemiologic Studies::Cross-Sectional StudiesMedical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Ergometry::Exercise TestMedical Subject Headings::Check Tags::FemaleMedical Subject Headings::Organisms::Eukaryota::Animals::Chordata::Vertebrates::Mammals::Primates::Haplorhini::Catarrhini::Hominidae::HumansMedical Subject Headings::Check Tags::MaleMedical Subject Headings::Psychiatry and Psychology::Psychological Phenomena and Processes::Mental Processes::Learning::Memory::Memory, Short-TermMedical Subject Headings::Phenomena and Processes::Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena::Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena::Physical FitnessMedical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Statistics as Topic::Sensitivity and Specificity::ROC Curveresearch article33926400Acceso abierto10.1186/s12887-021-02681-51471-2431PMC8082830