Investigate Relationship between of cardiorespiratory fitness and body composition measures in the academic members of Isfahan University

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Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Hossein Pirani ¹

aref basereh ²

¹ Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of sport science, University of Chabahar Maritime, Iran

² Department of Exercise Physiology, Faculty of sport science, University of Kharazmi , Iran

10.22067/resm.2025.94519.1008

Abstract

 
Abstract
 
Background: researches have shown the maximum consumption of oxygen (as reference measurement for Cardiorespiratory fitness and the mount of physical activity) is associated with body composition measurements. The aim of this research was the study of the relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness and body composition measurements on faculty members of Esfahan University.
 Method: In a cross-sectional study, 224 faculty members (178 males and 46 females) of Esfahan University, aged 30–65 years, were classified into three groups high, moderate, and low cardiovascular fitness based on the percentage of maximum oxygen consumption obtained from a submaximal test adjusted for age and sex. The variables included age, height, and weight. Finally, the data were analyzed using analysis of variance, Scheffé post hoc tests, and correlation coefficients.
 Results: the result illustrated that the average of anthropometric data of men and women was different based on cardiorespiratory fitness measurements. There is also a correlation between maximum consumption of oxygen, Symptoms of body composition and Cardiorespiratory fitness for these two groups (p=0.001). Conclusion: The results of this study have shown that there is no correlation between average cardiorespiratory fitness scores and height and weight (vo_2max) of faculty members in Esfahan University. It also illustrated that there is correlation between different between average cardiorespiratory fitness scores and age and size of faculty members in Esfahan University.

Keywords

Cardiorespiratory fitness

body composition

maximal oxygen consumption

anthropometric measurements

academic members

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