Anthropometric and cardio-respiratory indices and aerobic capacity of male and female students

• Authors: Anna Czajkowska , Krzysztof Mazurek , Grażyna Lutosławska , Piotr Żmijewski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Study aim: To assess the relations between anthropometric and cardio-respiratory indices, and aerobic capacity of students, differing in the level of physical activity, under resting and exercise conditions.Material and methods: A group of 87 male and 75 female students volunteered to participate in the study. Their physical activity was evaluated by Seven-Day Physical Activity Recall questionnaire. Anthropometric (body height and mass, body fat content, BMI and WHR) and physiological indices (heart rate, blood pressure, O2max, CO2 and minute ventilation) were recorded. Body fat content was determined using a BIA device; respiratory data were recorded in a cycle ergometer test. The subjects were classified by their O2max values into ‘high’ or ‘low’ categories, the cut-off values of lower and upper quartiles serving as criteria.Results: Male and female students expended 10.2 ± 4.6 and 8.4 ± 5.3 kcal/kg/day, respectively, the O2max amounting to 48.4 ± 6.4 and 41.1 ± 4.7 ml/kg/min, respectively. Subjects having high O2max had significantly higher energy expenditure on physical activities, fat-free mass, body water content and maximal ventilation, and lower body mass, BMI, body fat content, resting heart rate and diastolic pressure.Conclusions: When investigating into the relationships between physical activity and physiological features, the latter ought to be related to O2max rather than to energy expenditure which may depend on other than physiological variables.

Keywords

EN

Aerobic capacity; Physical activity; Body composition; Cardio-respiratory indices

• Publisher: Versita
• Journal: Biomedical Human Kinetics
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 1
• Pages: 47-51

Dates

published

1 - 1 - 2009

online

6 - 7 - 2009

Contributors

author

Anna Czajkowska

• Chair of Physiology and Sport Medicine, University of Physical Education, Warsaw, Poland

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Krzysztof Mazurek

• Chair of Physiology and Sport Medicine, University of Physical Education, Warsaw, Poland

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Grażyna Lutosławska

• Chair of Physiology and Sport Medicine, University of Physical Education, Warsaw, Poland

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Piotr Żmijewski

• Chair of Physiology and Sport Medicine, University of Physical Education, Warsaw, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10101-009-0012-z