Cardiorespiratory fitness and its association with adiposity indices in young adults

Authors

  • Mozaffer Rahim Hingorjo Jinnah Medical & Dental College
  • Sitwat Zehra Dr. A. Q. Khan Institute of Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering (KIBGE)
  • Zainab Hasan Jinnah Medical & Dental College
  • Masood Anwar Qureshi Dow University of Health Sciences

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.333.12294

Keywords:

Adiposity, Cardiorespiratory fitness, Exercise, Health education.

Abstract

Objective: This study investigated the relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and adiposity in young adults.

Methods: Data was collected from 133 students of a medical college of Pakistan. The study was conducted on young adults, aged 17-24 years, recruited from Jinnah Medical & Dental College, Karachi, between Aug-Dec, 2015. Queen

Author Biographies

Mozaffer Rahim Hingorjo, Jinnah Medical & Dental College

Professor

Department of Physiology

Sitwat Zehra, Dr. A. Q. Khan Institute of Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering (KIBGE)

Assistant Professor

Department of Physiology

Zainab Hasan, Jinnah Medical & Dental College

Assistant Professor

Department of Community Medicine

Masood Anwar Qureshi, Dow University of Health Sciences

Professor

Department of Physiology

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Published

2017-06-30

How to Cite

Hingorjo, M. R., Zehra, S., Hasan, Z., & Qureshi, M. A. (2017). Cardiorespiratory fitness and its association with adiposity indices in young adults. Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 33(3). https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.333.12294

Issue

Vol. 33 No. 3 (2017): May

Section

Original Articles