PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY AND HEALTH-RELATED FITNESS IN MIDDLE-AGED MEN

Citation
R. Rauramaa et al., PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY AND HEALTH-RELATED FITNESS IN MIDDLE-AGED MEN, Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 27(5), 1995, pp. 707-712
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Sport Sciences
ISSN journal
01959131
Volume
27
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
707 - 712
Database
ISI
SICI code
0195-9131(1995)27:5<707:PAHFIM>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
The relation of habitual physical activity to various components of he alth-related fitness as well as the 12-month repeatability of the meas urements were investigated in middle-aged men. Physical activity was a ssessed by 7-d recall interview. In the men with cardiopulmonary or mu sculoskeletal diseases total energy expenditure (TEE) correlated direc tly with maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) and inversely with the sum of skinfolds, serum triglycerides, and plasma fibrinogen. Energy expendit ure at rest (REE) associated inversely to VO2max and directly to skinf olds. In the healthy men REE correlated inversely with VO2max and HDL- cholesterol, and directly with skinfolds. TEE correlated directly with skinfolds but was not associated with VO2max. The associations were s imilar at both examinations. Correlation coefficients between baseline and follow-up examinations of TEE, REE, VO2max, and sum of skinfolds were 0.60, 0.84, 0.88, and, and 0.87 for the diseased men, and 0.52, 0 .70, 0.86, and 0.91 for the healthy men, respectively (P < 0.001). Hab itual physical activity associate beneficially to cardiorespiratory fi tness, body fatness and CHD risk factors, essential components of heal th-related fitness, in middle-aged men with chronic diseases.