Cargando…
Gender Comparisons of Physical Fitness Indexes in Inner Mongolia Medical Students in China
INTRODUCTION: The aim of present study was to investigate gender differences in physical fitness indexes in regard to BMI (body mass index) levels among Inner Mongolia medical students in China. METHODS: Data on participant characteristics came from basic information contained in the school database...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Canadian Center of Science and Education
2015
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4796522/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25560355 http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v7n1p220 |
_version_ | 1782421794680995840 |
---|---|
author | Hao, Wenli Yi, He Liu, Zhiyue Gao, Yumin Eshita, Yuki Guo, Wenfang Zhang, Hairong Sun, Juan |
author_facet | Hao, Wenli Yi, He Liu, Zhiyue Gao, Yumin Eshita, Yuki Guo, Wenfang Zhang, Hairong Sun, Juan |
author_sort | Hao, Wenli |
collection | PubMed |
description | INTRODUCTION: The aim of present study was to investigate gender differences in physical fitness indexes in regard to BMI (body mass index) levels among Inner Mongolia medical students in China. METHODS: Data on participant characteristics came from basic information contained in the school database. Physical fitness indexes including BMI, vital capacity index, sidestep test, and standing long jump, were conducted. RESULTS: Female students had a higher rate of normal weight than those of males. The obesity rate of males was 5 times higher compared to females. Compared with male students, female students had a higher pass rate in vital capacity index, sidestep and standing long jump. Females were higher 17% than males in the pass rate of the sidestep test. Males performed better than females in the standing long jump. In both the malnutrition and normal weight group, the pass rate of the 3 physical fitness indexes for both male and female students was higher than obese group. The not pass rate was higher than pass rate both male and female students in the vital capacity index in the obese group. DISCUSSION: Males had a poor physical fitness level compared with females. Male students may be more likely to spend more time using computers and it will cut down the time of participating in physical activities. So, in our university, more attention should pay on physical education, especially for males. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-4796522 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2015 |
publisher | Canadian Center of Science and Education |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-47965222016-04-21 Gender Comparisons of Physical Fitness Indexes in Inner Mongolia Medical Students in China Hao, Wenli Yi, He Liu, Zhiyue Gao, Yumin Eshita, Yuki Guo, Wenfang Zhang, Hairong Sun, Juan Glob J Health Sci Articles INTRODUCTION: The aim of present study was to investigate gender differences in physical fitness indexes in regard to BMI (body mass index) levels among Inner Mongolia medical students in China. METHODS: Data on participant characteristics came from basic information contained in the school database. Physical fitness indexes including BMI, vital capacity index, sidestep test, and standing long jump, were conducted. RESULTS: Female students had a higher rate of normal weight than those of males. The obesity rate of males was 5 times higher compared to females. Compared with male students, female students had a higher pass rate in vital capacity index, sidestep and standing long jump. Females were higher 17% than males in the pass rate of the sidestep test. Males performed better than females in the standing long jump. In both the malnutrition and normal weight group, the pass rate of the 3 physical fitness indexes for both male and female students was higher than obese group. The not pass rate was higher than pass rate both male and female students in the vital capacity index in the obese group. DISCUSSION: Males had a poor physical fitness level compared with females. Male students may be more likely to spend more time using computers and it will cut down the time of participating in physical activities. So, in our university, more attention should pay on physical education, especially for males. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2015-01 2014-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC4796522/ /pubmed/25560355 http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v7n1p220 Text en Copyright: © Canadian Center of Science and Education http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). |
spellingShingle | Articles Hao, Wenli Yi, He Liu, Zhiyue Gao, Yumin Eshita, Yuki Guo, Wenfang Zhang, Hairong Sun, Juan Gender Comparisons of Physical Fitness Indexes in Inner Mongolia Medical Students in China |
title | Gender Comparisons of Physical Fitness Indexes in Inner Mongolia Medical Students in China |
title_full | Gender Comparisons of Physical Fitness Indexes in Inner Mongolia Medical Students in China |
title_fullStr | Gender Comparisons of Physical Fitness Indexes in Inner Mongolia Medical Students in China |
title_full_unstemmed | Gender Comparisons of Physical Fitness Indexes in Inner Mongolia Medical Students in China |
title_short | Gender Comparisons of Physical Fitness Indexes in Inner Mongolia Medical Students in China |
title_sort | gender comparisons of physical fitness indexes in inner mongolia medical students in china |
topic | Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4796522/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25560355 http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v7n1p220 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT haowenli gendercomparisonsofphysicalfitnessindexesininnermongoliamedicalstudentsinchina AT yihe gendercomparisonsofphysicalfitnessindexesininnermongoliamedicalstudentsinchina AT liuzhiyue gendercomparisonsofphysicalfitnessindexesininnermongoliamedicalstudentsinchina AT gaoyumin gendercomparisonsofphysicalfitnessindexesininnermongoliamedicalstudentsinchina AT eshitayuki gendercomparisonsofphysicalfitnessindexesininnermongoliamedicalstudentsinchina AT guowenfang gendercomparisonsofphysicalfitnessindexesininnermongoliamedicalstudentsinchina AT zhanghairong gendercomparisonsofphysicalfitnessindexesininnermongoliamedicalstudentsinchina AT sunjuan gendercomparisonsofphysicalfitnessindexesininnermongoliamedicalstudentsinchina |