RELATIONSHIP OF PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND LIFE HABITS TO TREADMILL EXERCISE CAPACITY
RELATIONSHIP OF PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND LIFE HABITS TO TREADMILL EXERCISE CAPACITY
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DOI:
10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a113144
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
5
通讯作者:
TAYLOR, HL
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作者:
LEON, AS;JACOBS, DR;TAYLOR, HL
Apparently healthy middle-aged men (175) were recruited from a population sample and completed questionnaires about habitual physical activity, smoking, beverage consumption and sleep habits. Body mass index (BMI), heart rate and blood pressure were measured at rest and during submaximal exercise; frequency of ventricular premature beats (VPB) were measured on an ECG rhythm strip; and hand grip strength and serum cholesterol were measured. These characteristics were correlated with duration of treadmill exercise by the Bruce protocol. Univariate analysis indicated that treadmill performance was significantly and positvely correlated with leisure-time physical activity and personal reports of sweating and/or dyspnea occurring regularly during such physical activity. Performance was negatively correlated with age, BMI, resting heart rate, cigarette smoking and consumption of caffeine-containing beverages, but was insignificantly related to job physical activity, hand grip strength, alcohol consumption, sleep habits, blood pressure, cigar smoking, serum cholesterol and the frequency of VPB. A 0.75 multiple correlation coefficient was found between treadmill performance and 11 of the above variables and the r is increased to 0.81 by adding heart rate during submaximal exercise. Substantial prediction of work capacity and physical fitness of population [possible predictors of coronary disease risk] is achieved by questionnaires and easily obtained, noninvasive physical measures.