Associations Between Weight Status and Different Types of Physical Fitness Variables in Korean Men: A Community-Based Study

作者：Kim Jong Hyuck; So Wi Young^*

来源：Journal of Mens Health, 2013, 10(2): 60-64.

DOI：10.1016/j.jomh.2012.10.002

• cardiovascular respiratory fitness
• motor/coordination-related physical fitness
• obesity

Background: In Korea, the prevalence of obesity has recently been increasing due to the lack of physical activity and the westernization of Korean diets. The purpose of this study was to investigate associations between weight status and different types of physical fitness variables in Korean men.
Methods: Subjects included 2,303 men aged 20-83 years who visited a public health center for cardiovascular respiratory and motor/coordination-related physical fitness tests between 2007 and 2011. Cardiovascular respiratory fitness was evaluated by measuring resting heart rate (RHR), vital capacity, and VO2max. Motor/coordination-related physical fitness was evaluated by measuring the number of sit-ups, grip strength, sit-and-reach distance, vertical jump height, number of side-steps, and length of time standing on one leg with eyes open.
Results: The prevalence of overweight and obese patients was 28.5% and 39.8%, respectively. After adjusting for age, frequency of drinking alcoholic beverages, smoking intensity, and exercise frequency, odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals were generated. For cardiovascular respiratory fitness, as RHR increased, overweight and obesity prevalence increased. As vital capacity and VO2max increased, overweight and obesity prevalence decreased. For motor/coordination-related physical fitness, as grip strength increased, overweight and obesity prevalence was higher. As vertical jump height increased, overweight and obesity prevalence decreased. An increased ability to stand on one leg with eyes open decreased overweight and obesity prevalence. However, no statistically significant differences were found between being overweight or being obese and the three physical fitness variables: sit-ups, sit-and-reach distance, and side-steps.
Conclusion: All cardiovascular respiratory fitness variables and 50% of the motor/coordination-related physical fitness variables that we tested were closely related to Korean men being overweight/obese. To prevent excess weight gain, it is important to make an effort to do regular exercise for improving cardiovascular respiratory fitness and motor/coordination-related physical fitness.

• 出版日期2013-10