Nakamura E, Moritani T, Kanetaka A
Department of Health and Exercise Science, College of Liberal Arts and Science, Kyoto University, Japan.
Eur J Appl Physiol Occup Physiol. 1990;61(3-4):202-8. doi: 10.1007/BF00357600.
The purpose of this study was to determine whether adult women who are in a state of high physical fitness are in a good state biologically, in terms of biological and physical fitness ages as estimated by statistical means. The subjects were 65 healthy Japanese women (aged 20-64 years). Biological and physical fitness ages were estimated from the data for 18 physiological function tests and 5 physical fitness tests, respectively, by a principal component model. The correlation coefficient between biological and physical fitness ages was 0.70 (P less than 0.01), which was generally regarded as a high correlation. Therefore, those who were in a state of high physical fitness were considered to be in good biological condition. This result is in good agreement with the results (r = 0.72) from adult men, on whom we reported previously. A statistical analysis to ascertain the relative importance of each contributory variable associated with the variance in biological age suggested that routine clinical evaluation of blood pressure and lipid metabolism might play an important role in determining not only the presence and severity of vascular disease but also the rate of biological aging in women.
本研究的目的是根据统计学方法估算的生物学和体能年龄，确定处于高体能状态的成年女性在生物学上是否处于良好状态。研究对象为65名健康的日本女性（年龄在20至64岁之间）。分别通过主成分模型，根据18项生理功能测试数据和5项体能测试数据估算生物学年龄和体能年龄。生物学年龄和体能年龄之间的相关系数为0.70（P小于0.01），通常认为这是高度相关。因此，处于高体能状态的人被认为生物学状况良好。这一结果与我们之前报道的成年男性的结果（r = 0.72）高度一致。一项确定与生物学年龄方差相关的每个贡献变量相对重要性的统计分析表明，血压和脂质代谢的常规临床评估不仅可能在确定血管疾病的存在和严重程度方面发挥重要作用，而且在确定女性生物学衰老速度方面也可能发挥重要作用。
