Physical fitness as a function of cardiovascular risk through the waist-to-height ratio of sedentary

Authors

  • Reginaldo Luiz do Nascimento Universidade Tiradentes (UNIT) – Polo Petrolina
  • José Roberto Andrade do Nascimento Junior Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco.
  • Layane Costa Saraiva Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco (UNIVASF)
  • Lélio Ferreira dos Santos Universidade Tiradentes UNIT
  • Marcus Vinicius Oliveira Carneiro Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco
  • Flavio de Sousa Araujo Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco.
  • Ferdinando Oliveira Carvalho Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21527/2176-7114.2020.40.94-101

Keywords:

Physical aptitude, Risk, Body composition, Anthropometry, Sedentary Behavior

Abstract

The objective of the study was to evaluate the physical fitness of sedentary individuals, comparing it according to gender, age group and cardiovascular risk through the waist height ratio. The sample consisted of 3,173 individuals of both sexes, considered sedentary and aged between 18 and 64 years old. Body mass, height, waist and hip circumference, skinfolds, motor tests (flexibility, elbow flexion and trunk flexion), systolic and diastolic blood pressure and resting heart rate were collected, and then the hip-to-waist ratio was calculated. height and mean arterial pressure, and the maximum oxygen volume was estimated. For the analysis of the data, the Kolmogorov Smirnov normality test was performed, and Median and Quartiles were used for data with non-normal distribution, Mann-Whitney "U" test for comparison according to sex and cardiovascular risk from Waist height ratio, Kruskal-Wallis test for comparison according to age group. SPSS software version 22.0 was used and the significance of p <0.05 was adopted. There were significant differences in all the measures evaluated in relation to the sex of sedentary individuals, the results were significant when compared to the male and female age groups for all variables within the 25, 50 and 75 percentiles, and also when comparing the groups of lower and higher cardiovascular risk. It is concluded that male participants have better physical fitness than women, and this tends to worsen with advancing age for both sexes and both sexes classified with higher cardiovascular risk presented worse physical fitness.

Author Biographies

Reginaldo Luiz do Nascimento, Universidade Tiradentes (UNIT) – Polo Petrolina

Mestre em Ciências da Saúde e Biológicas - Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco (UNIVASF), Petrolina. Professor da Universidade Tiradentes (UNIT) – Polo Petrolina.

José Roberto Andrade do Nascimento Junior, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco.

Doutor em Educação Física - Universidade Estadual de Maringá/ Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEM/UEL). Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu em Educação Física - Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco.

Lélio Ferreira dos Santos, Universidade Tiradentes UNIT

Graduando em Educação Física - Universidade Tiradentes UNIT.

Marcus Vinicius Oliveira Carneiro, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco

Mestre em Ciências da Saúde e Biológicas - Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco

Flavio de Sousa Araujo, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco.

Mestre em Ciências da Saúde e Biológicas - Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco. 

Ferdinando Oliveira Carvalho, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco

Doutor em Educação Física - Universidade Católica de Brasília. Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu em Educação Física - Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco.

Published

2020-11-04

How to Cite

do Nascimento, R. L., do Nascimento Junior, J. R. A., Saraiva, L. C., dos Santos, L. F., Carneiro, M. V. O., Araujo, F. de S., & Carvalho, F. O. (2020). Physical fitness as a function of cardiovascular risk through the waist-to-height ratio of sedentary. Context and Health Journal, 20(40), 94–101. https://doi.org/10.21527/2176-7114.2020.40.94-101

Issue

Section

Exercício Físico & Saúde