ArticleBMC pulmonary medicine2022
The associations between body composition and vital capacity index of medical students in Shenyang of China: a cross-sectional survey.
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- Exploring the link between BMI and physical fitness in Sichuan's ethnic minority primary school students: insights from quantile regression analysis.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- The relationship between BMI and physical fitness among 7451 college freshmen: a cross-sectional study in Beijing, China.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
- Body Mass Index is Associated with blood pressure and vital capacity in medical students.Lipids in health and disease · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesThis study aimed to examine the associations between body composition and vital capacity index (VCI) among medical students of Shenyang, China. STUDY
designThe design of this study is a cross-sectional study.
methodsParticipants were 2063 individuals (17-25 years) from a medical college in Shenyang, who participated in this survey from April to May 2017. Height, weight, fat mass (FM), fat free mass (FFM), protein mass (PM), total body water (TBW), mineral mass (MM), vital capacity were measured, then BMI and VCI were calculated. Stepwise multiple linear regression analysis was used to evaluate the effect of body composition on VCI of participants in different genders. In addition, subgroup analysis was carried out according to BMI levels.
resultsMale students showed significantly higher height, weight, BMI, FFM, PM, TBW, MM, VC, and VCI, but lower FM in comparison with female students. Stepwise multiple linear regression analysis showed that in both sexes FM was negatively correlated with VCI which represents pulmonary function (r < 0; P < 0.001). After dividing the whole participants by BMI, further correlation analysis showed FM was positively correlated with VCI only for male subgroups with BMI < 18.5 (r > 0; P = 0.050).
conclusionOverall, FM is highly negatively correlated with the VCI of Chinese medical students of both genders. However, there was a positive correlation between FM and VCI among low-weight male students.
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