Korean J Occup Health Nurs.
2014 May;23(2):97-105.
The Link between Health-related Physical Fitness Level and Cardiovascular Disease-related Risk Factors
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- 1Department of Physical Education, Kongju National University, Gongju, Korea. jskim@kongju.ac.kr
- 2Dong-gu Public Health Center, Daejeon, Korea.
Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to identify the link between health-related physical fitness level and cardiovascular disease-related risk factors in adult male workers.
METHODS
We tested cardiovascular disease- related risk factors (waist circumference, SBP, DPB, fasting glucose, TC, HDL-C, TG, LDL-C) and health-related physical fitness (VO2max, grip, Sit-up, Flexibility, Body fat) and divided health-related physical fitness level of the subjects into 3 groups - A (very good, n=56), B (good, n=59), and C (below-average, n=57) according to the criterion of the Health and Fitness counseling guidelines of KOSHA. The statistical techniques such as standard deviation, one-way ANOVA and multiple regression (p<.05) were used.
RESULTS
There were significant differences between group C and group B & A (p<.001) in waist circumference, DBP, Fasting glucose, HDL-C, TG, LDL-C. In TC/HDL-C, TG/HDL-C, LDL-C/HDL-C, Group C was higher than group B and A.
CONCLUSION
On the basis of these results, we identified that improvement of health-related physical fitness level positively effects on the decrease of cardiovascular disease-related risk factors.
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