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Body Composition is Strongly Associated With Cardiorespiratory Fitness in a Large Brazilian Military Firefighter Cohort: The Brazilian Firefighters Study.
Nogueira, Eugênio C; Porto, Luiz Guilherme G; Nogueira, Rozenkranz M; Martins, Wagner R; Fonseca, Romulo M C; Lunardi, Claudia C; de Oliveira, Ricardo J.
Afiliação
  • Nogueira EC; 1Military Fire Department of the Federal District-Faculty of Physical Education, University of Brasília, Brasilia, Brazil;2Faculty of Physical Education, University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil;3Faculty of Physical Therapy, University of Brasília, Brasilia, Brazil;4Department of Physical Education, Center of Health Sciences, Federal University of Pernambuco; and5Social Pioneers Association-The SARAH network of Rehabilitation Hospitals, Brasília, Brazil.
J Strength Cond Res ; 30(1): 33-8, 2016 Jan.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26691405
Firefighting is associated with high-level physical demands and requires appropriate physical fitness. Considering that obesity has been correlated with decreased cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and that the prevalence of obesity may also be elevated within firefighters (FF), we analyzed the association between CRF and body composition (BC) in Brazilian military FF. We assessed 4,237 male FF (18-49 years) who performed a physical fitness test that included BC and CRF. Body composition was assessed by body mass index (BMI), body adiposity index (BAI), body fat percentage (BF%), and waist circumference (WC). CRF was assessed by the 12-minute Cooper test. Comparisons of VO2max between the BC categories were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney test, and the analysis was adjusted for age using the General Linear Model. The Spearman test was used for correlation analysis and the odds ratio (OR) was calculated to assess the odds of the unfit group (≤ 12 metabolic equivalents [METs]) for poor BC. Statistically significant differences were considered when p ≤ 0.05. Considering the BMI categories, 8 volunteers (0.2%) were underweight, 1,306 (30.8%) were normal weight, 2,301 (54.3%) were overweight, and 622 (14.7%) were obese. The VO2max was negatively correlated with age (rs = -0.21), BMI (rs = -0.45), WC (rs = -0.50), and BAI (rs = -0.35) (p < 0.001). Cardiorespiratory fitness was lower in the obese compared with the nonobese for all age categories (-3.8 ml · kg(-1) · min(-1); p < 0.001) and for all BC indices (-4.5 ml · kg(-1) · min(-1); p < 0.001). The OR of the unfit group having poor BC in all indices varied from 2.9 to 8.1 (p < 0.001). Despite the metabolically healthy obesity phenomenon, we found a strong association between CRF and BC irrespective of age and the BC method (BMI, BAI, WC, or BF%). These findings may aid in improving FF training programs with a focus on health and performance.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Composição Corporal / Aptidão Física / Bombeiros / Militares Tipo de estudo: Etiology_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: J Strength Cond Res Assunto da revista: FISIOLOGIA Ano de publicação: 2016 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Estados Unidos

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Composição Corporal / Aptidão Física / Bombeiros / Militares Tipo de estudo: Etiology_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: J Strength Cond Res Assunto da revista: FISIOLOGIA Ano de publicação: 2016 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Estados Unidos