DO ADIPOSITY INDICES INFLUENCE VO2 MAX WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS? FITNESS VS. FATNESS

Abstract

Introduction: The global burden of obesity doubled in children, tripled in adolescents and adults between 1975 and 2016.The central obesity is strongly associated with risk of type 2 diabetes and coronary artery diseases.Therefore,it is important to screen/detect obesity and its complications in early stages.Aim: of this study is to evaluate early markers of adult overweight/obesity, visceral obesity and aerobic fitness in young, healthy men, and also to find out association between visceral obesity and VO max as adequate research data is not available in this field. Forty young, 2 Methods: healthy adult men (aged 18-40 years) were randomly selected from the population of Vijayapura,Karnataka,India,in this study. The anthropometric parameters; weight, height, BMI, BSA, waist circumference and hip circumference were measured. The waist-hip ratio, Conicity index and A Body surface Index were calculated.VO max was measured by 2 Rockport 1-Mile walk test. A series of Pearson's correlation tests were performed to find out the influence of visceral adiposity indices on aerobic fitness. Results: All anthropometric parameters and adiposity indices measured in our study were within the normal range.A significant positive correlation was observed between age vs conicity index and age vs ABSI.We also found a significant negative correlation between adiposity indices and VO max in young healthy 2 adult males. Conclusion: Waist circumference, waist-hip ratio, conicity index and ABSI can be considered as useful anthropometric tools to diagnose central/visceral obesity in healthy men with normal BMI.Total fat and visceral fat may probably have some negative influence on cardiorespiratory function and aerobic fitness.