Relationships of physical fitness, fatness, and lifestyle indicators with blood iron in children and adults
✍ Scribed by Thomas M. K. Song; Germain Thériault; Denis Prud'Homme; Robert M. Malina; Claude Bouchard
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 650 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1042-0533
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✦ Synopsis
The associations between physical fitness, fatness, activity level, dietary intake and smoking, with indicators of blood iron status are considered in 1,216 children and adults of the Quebec Family Study, 612 males and 604 females, classified into six age groups: 10-14, 15-19, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, and 50-54 years. Physical fitness was determined as power output at a heart rate of 150 beats per min on a cycle ergometer (PWClfiJ and as strength of the knee extensor muscles. Fatness was estimated with the body mass index (BMI) and the sum of six skinfolds. Activity level and dietary intake were assessed with three-day records. Hemoglobin concentra-