The Association between Body Mass Index and Physical Fitness of Normal Weight/Overweight/Obese University Students

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ID15499990
AutoresYa-Tzu Kung (0000-0002-6770-0250, National Taiwan Sport University), Chia-Ming Chang (0000-0003-0390-6361, National Chiayi University), Chia‐Ming Chang (0000-0002-3245-6024, National Chiayi University), Fang‐ming Hwang (National Chiayi University), Fang-Ming Hwang (National Chiayi University), Shyh-Ching Chi (0000-0002-1766-1847, National Taiwan Sport University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen17
Número15
Páginas5391-5391
Fecha de publicación2020-07-27
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditorialMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph17155391
PMID32727007
OpenAlexW3044023863
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas31

This study aimed to apply longitudinal data (in four waves) to examine relationships between body mass index (BMI), flexibility, muscular endurance, and explosive power, and employed a random-intercept panel model (RIPM) to divide the variations of different waves into between- and within-person variations. Furthermore, a multi-group model test was conducted to explore whether an interaction effect existed between sex and these relationships. The data were collected from a university in Taiwan between August 2009 and July 2010, and 3863 freshman and junior students were recruited. Results showed that the between- and within-person relationships between BMI and explosive power, and between BMI and muscular endurance, were negative (independent of sex). The negative between- and within-person associations between BMI and muscular endurance were both invariant with respect to sex. The negative between-person associations between BMI and explosive power were not equivalent for both sexes, yet the within-person associations between BMI and explosive power were equivalent for both sexes. The between-person associations between BMI and flexibility were positive for both sexes, but the within-person associations of these two variables were negative for both sexes. The invariance test confirmed that the positive associations of between-person BMI and between-person flexibility were invariant for both sexes, yet the negative associations of within-person BMI and within-person flexibility were not equivalent for both sexes. Between-and within-person correlations among explosive power, muscular endurance, and flexibility were significantly positive. Only the auto-regressions of BMI and muscular endurance were significant and equivalent for both sexes

Association (psychology · Body mass index · Flexibility (engineering · Overweight · Statistics · Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity · Demography · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Mathematics · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychology · Internal Medicine