Padilla-Moledo, CarmenFernandez-Santos, Jorge DrIzquierdo-Gomez, RocioEsteban-Cornejo, IreneRio-Cozar, PaulaCarbonell-Baeza, AnaCastro-Piñero, Jose2023-02-082023-02-082020-03-29Padilla-Moledo C, Fernández-Santos JD, Izquierdo-Gómez R, Esteban-Cornejo I, Rio-Cozar P, Carbonell-Baeza A, et al. Physical Fitness and Self-Rated Health in Children and Adolescents: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Apr 2;17(7):2413.http://hdl.handle.net/10668/15327Self-rated health (SRH) is an independent determinant for all-cause mortality. We aimed to examine the independent and combined associations of components of physical fitness with SRH at baseline (cross-sectional) and two years later (longitudinal) in children and adolescents. Spanish youth (N = 1378) aged 8 to 17.9 years participated at baseline. The dropout rate at 2-year follow-up was 19.5% (n = 270). Participants were categorized as either children (8 to 11.9 years age) or adolescents (12 to 17.9 years age). The ALPHA health- related fitness test battery for youth was used to assess physical fitness, and SRH was measured by a single-item question. Cumulative link, ANOVA and ANCOVA models were fitted to analyze the data. Cardiorespiratory fitness, relative upper body isometric muscular strength, muscular strength score, and global physical fitness were positively associated with SRH in children (OR, 1.048; 95% CI, 1.020-1.076; OR, 18.921; 95% CI, 3.47-104.355; OR, 1.213; 95% CI, 1.117-1.319, and OR, 1.170; 95% CI, 1.081-1.266, respectively; all penAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/cardiorespiratory fitnesschildren and adolescentsmotor fitnessmuscular strengthphysical fitnessself-rated healthAdolescentCardiorespiratory FitnessChildCross-Sectional StudiesHealth StatusHumansLongitudinal StudiesMuscle StrengthPhysical FitnessSelf Reportresearch article32252318open accessAdolescenteAptitud físicaAutoinformeCapacidad cardiovascularEstado de saludEstudios longitudinalesEstudios transversalesFuerza muscularHumanosNiño10.3390/ijerph170724131660-4601PMC7177446https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/7/2413/pdf?version=1585826196https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7177446/pdf