Teixeira Clarissa Stefani, Pereira Erico Felden
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
Arq Bras Cardiol. 2010 Apr;94(4):438-43. doi: 10.1590/s0066-782x2010005000005. Epub 2010 Mar 5.
Although there is a trend toward the decrease in levels of physical fitness, the intensity of this decrease due to the aging process and the nutritional status in adult male individuals is not well-known, especially in the Brazilian population.
To analyze the levels of physical fitness according to age and the nutritional status in adult male individuals.
Aerobic and muscular endurance tests as well as flexibility tests and nutritional status assessment were carried out in 1,011 male individuals. Analyses of correlation, covariance and prevalence ratio were performed through Poisson regression.
The individuals presented a moderate performance at the physical fitness tests. A decrease in the levels of physical performance according to the aging process was verified, considering all age ranges analyzed. The analysis of covariance corrected by age showed differences (p<0.001) for all tests comparing normal individuals and those with overweight/obesity. The prevalence ratios showed a strong trend toward the decrease in the physical fitness from 18 to 54 years. Individuals aged 41 to 54 years presented prevalences of low VO(2max) index that were 3.22-fold higher when compared to those aged 18 to 20 and 1.40-fold higher when compared to individuals aged 21 to 25 years. There was a decrease in the VO(2max) scores in the 18 to 20 age range, when compared to the 41 to 54 age range, of 11.45% in the normal group and 20.91% in the group with overweight and obesity.
Age and the nutritional status have a strong influence on the decreased physical performance scores, mainly after 30 years of age.
尽管存在体能水平下降的趋势，但成年男性个体因衰老过程和营养状况导致的体能下降强度尚不明确，尤其是在巴西人群中。
分析成年男性个体的体能水平与年龄和营养状况的关系。
对1011名男性个体进行了有氧和肌肉耐力测试、柔韧性测试以及营养状况评估。通过泊松回归进行相关性、协方差和患病率比分析。
个体在体能测试中的表现中等。在分析的所有年龄范围内，均证实了体能水平随衰老过程而下降。经年龄校正的协方差分析显示，在比较正常个体和超重/肥胖个体的所有测试中均存在差异（p<0.001）。患病率比显示，从18岁到54岁，体能有明显下降趋势。41至54岁的个体，其低VO₂max指数患病率与18至20岁的个体相比高3.22倍，与21至25岁的个体相比高1.40倍。与41至54岁年龄范围相比，18至20岁年龄范围的正常组VO₂max得分下降了11.45%，超重和肥胖组下降了20.91%。
年龄和营养状况对体能表现得分的下降有很大影响，主要是在30岁以后。
