Open AccessEffect of BMI, Body Fat Percentage and Fat Free Mass on Maximal Oxygen Consumption in Healthy Young Adults
Author(s) -
Himel Mondal,
Shailendra Kumar Mishra
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/25465.10039
Subject(s) - bioelectrical impedance analysis , cardiorespiratory fitness , vo2 max , medicine , body mass index , obesity , heart rate , body fat percentage , endocrinology , zoology , blood pressure , biology
Maximal oxygen consumption (VO 2max ) is an important measure of cardiorespiratory capacity of an individual at a given degree of fitness and oxygen availability. Risk of cardiovascular diseases increases with increasing degree of obesity and a low level of VO 2max has been established as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular mortality.