Ong T C
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
J Sports Sci. 1993 Feb;11(1):71-6. doi: 10.1080/02640419308729966.
The maximum oxygen consumption (VO2 max) of 421 healthy adult males from three ethnic groups (Chinese, Malay and Indian), aged 25-54 years, was assessed from direct analyses of their expired respiratory gases during all-out runs on a treadmill as a measure of aerobic fitness. The subjects were divided into three age groups: group 1, 25-34 years; group 2, 35-44 years; group 3, 45-54 years. Each group was further subdivided into non-exercisers (NE), non-regular exercisers (NRE) and regular exercisers (RE). Consistently within each age group, regular exercisers produced significantly higher VO2 max values compared to non-regular exercisers and non-exercisers. They also met the VO2 max requirements for heavy physical work and compared favourably with the standards of the National Physical Fitness Award of Singapore and Cooper's aerobic fitness classification standards based on North American males. Non-regular exercisers and non-exercisers only met the VO2 max requirements for moderate physical work and compared poorly in both of the aerobic fitness standards.
对来自三个种族（华人、马来人和印度人）、年龄在25至54岁之间的421名健康成年男性，通过在跑步机上全力奔跑时对其呼出的呼吸气体进行直接分析，来评估他们的最大耗氧量（VO2 max），以此作为有氧适能的一项指标。受试者被分为三个年龄组：第1组，25至34岁；第2组，35至44岁；第3组，45至54岁。每组又进一步细分为非锻炼者（NE）、非经常锻炼者（NRE）和经常锻炼者（RE）。在每个年龄组中，经常锻炼者的VO2 max值始终显著高于非经常锻炼者和非锻炼者。他们还达到了重体力劳动的VO2 max要求，并且与新加坡国家体质奖标准以及基于北美男性的库珀有氧适能分类标准相比具有优势。非经常锻炼者和非锻炼者仅达到了中等体力劳动的VO2 max要求，在这两项有氧适能标准中表现较差。
