Valdés-Badilla Pablo, Godoy-Cumillaf Andrés, Ortega-Spuler Jenny, Herrera-Valenzuela Tomás, Durán-Agüero Samuel, Zapata-Bastias José, Vargas-Vitoria Rodrigo, Guzmán-Muñoz Eduardo, López-Fuenzalida Antonio
Instituto de Actividad Física y Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Chile. Chile.
Pedagogía en Educación Física, Facultad de Educación, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Temuco. Chile.
Salud Publica Mex. 2017 Nov-Dec;59(6):682-690. doi: 10.21149/8580.
To associate health anthropometric indexes with physical fitness of elderly women (EW) who participate in physical exercise workshops.
272 Chilean women over 60 years took part in the study. The variables studied were BMI, waist circumference (WC), waist-height index (WHI) and physical fitness (PF). Correlations were made through the Pearson or Spearman coefficient, and bivariate associations using Pearson's Chi-square and the Fisher's exact test, considering p<0.05.
70.8% of the EW were overweight or obese; 68.8% and 96% were at cardiometabolic risk due to their WC and WHI, respectively. Their PF showed equal performance (53.5%) or higher (33.8%) according to their age and gender. Inverse correlations were found between nutritional status and cardiometabolic risk with PF tests (except for agility and dynamic balance [direct]), and direct association with back scratch test.
Excess weight in physically active EW would not affect their physical-functional performance; however, cardiometabolic risk would be inversely associated with motor function.
将健康人体测量指标与参加体育锻炼工作坊的老年女性（EW）的身体素质相关联。
272名60岁以上的智利女性参与了该研究。所研究的变量包括体重指数（BMI）、腰围（WC）、腰高指数（WHI）和身体素质（PF）。通过Pearson或Spearman系数进行相关性分析，并使用Pearson卡方检验和Fisher精确检验进行双变量关联分析，以p<0.05为标准。
70.8%的EW超重或肥胖；分别有68.8%和96%的EW因WC和WHI处于心脏代谢风险中。根据年龄和性别，她们的PF表现相当（53.5%）或更高（33.8%）。在PF测试中（除敏捷性和动态平衡[直接相关]外），营养状况和心脏代谢风险与PF呈负相关，而与背部抓挠测试呈正相关。
积极参加体育活动的EW体重超标不会影响其身体功能表现；然而，心脏代谢风险与运动功能呈负相关。
