Combined association of fitness and central adiposity with health-related quality of life in healthy Men: a cross-sectional study

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Research

Susumu S. Sawada¹  Benjamin Haaland²  Robert A. Sloan³  Corby K. Martin⁴ 

[1] Department of Health Promotion and Exercise, National Institute of Health and Nutrition, Tokyo, Japan;H.Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA;Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan;Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA;

关键词: Physical Component Summary;    Mental Component Summary;    Cardiorespiratory Fitness;    Submaximal Exercise Testing;    Joint Category;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12955-015-0385-3

 received in 2015-03-26, accepted in 2015-11-17,  发布年份 2015

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThere is limited data examining the association of combined fitness and central obesity with health related quality of life (HRQoL) in adults. We examined the association of combined cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) in the form of a fit-fat index (FFI) with the Physical Component Summary (PCS) and Mental Component Summary (MCS) HRQoL scores in United States Navy servicemen.MethodsAs part of a health fitness assessment, a total of 709 healthy males aged 18–49 years completed a submaximal exercise test, WHtR measurement, and HRQoL survey (SF-12v2) between 2004 and 2006. FFI level was classified into thirds with the lowest FFI tertile serving as the referent group. PCS and MCS scores ≥50 were taken to indicate average or better. Logistic regression was used to obtain odds ratios (OR) and 95 % confidence intervals (CI).ResultsThe prevalence of average or better HRQoL scores was lowest in the referent FFI tertile, PCS 60.2 % and MCS 57.6 %. Compared with the lowest FFI group in multivariate analyses, the OR (95 % CI) of having average or better PCS was 1.63 (1.09–2.42) and 3.12 (1.95–4.99) for moderate and high FFI groups respectively; MCS was 1.70 (1.13–2.55) and 4.89 (3.03–7.89) for moderate and high FFI groups respectively (all P < 0.001). Consistent and progressive independent associations were observed between age and MCS, and also between CRF and MCS.ConclusionAmong males in the United States Navy, higher levels of FFI were independently and more consistently associated with having average or better HRQoL (physical and mental) than other known predictors of HRQoL.

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