Tuxworth W, Nevill A M, White C, Jenkins C
Br J Ind Med. 1986 Nov;43(11):733-53. doi: 10.1136/oem.43.11.733.
A description of the fitness, physical activity of lifestyle, and some aspects of health status and attitudes in a population of male factory workers aged 35-60 is presented as the first part of a report on a study of morbidity in this population. A total of 1394 subjects were included, undergoing medical examination, fitness testing by bicycle ergometry, assessment of body fat, and interview questionnaire. The inter-relation of fitness, body composition, habitual exertion, health risk factors, and attitudes to exercise are discussed. Fitness levels are compared with those reported in other studies and discussed in terms of capacity for walking and running and in relation to criteria for health benefit. In these two latter respects fitness appears to be inadequate among the great majority of those tested, although it is comparable with that reported by several other recent studies. Fitness is associated with physical activity of leisure but not that of work. Only relatively strenuous physical activity in leisure time appears to be related to fitness, and is only participated in by some 28% of the sample. Cycling has the strongest association with fitness of all the physical activity variables. Blood pressure and percentage body fat are also associated, inversely, with fitness, the latter not unexpectedly because of the weight related measure of fitness.
作为关于该人群发病率研究报告的第一部分，本文呈现了对年龄在35至60岁的男性工厂工人人群的健康状况、生活方式中的身体活动情况，以及健康状况和态度的某些方面的描述。总共纳入了1394名受试者，他们接受了医学检查、通过自行车测力计进行的体能测试、身体脂肪评估以及问卷调查。文中讨论了体能、身体成分、习惯性体力活动、健康风险因素以及对运动的态度之间的相互关系。将体能水平与其他研究报告的水平进行了比较，并从步行和跑步能力以及与健康益处标准的关系方面进行了讨论。在这后两个方面，尽管与其他几项近期研究报告的情况相当，但在绝大多数受试人群中，体能似乎不足。体能与休闲时的身体活动相关，而与工作时的身体活动无关。只有休闲时间相对剧烈的身体活动似乎与体能有关，且样本中只有约28%的人参与此类活动。在所有身体活动变量中，骑自行车与体能的关联最为紧密。血压和身体脂肪百分比也与体能呈负相关，后者由于体能与体重相关，出现这种情况并不意外。
