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Volume 08
Journal of Novel Physiotherapies
Rehabilitation Medicine 2018
May 18-19, 2018
May 18-19, 2018 Osaka, Japan
7
th
World Congress on
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
The association between cardiorespiratory fitness and physical activity levels of central obese adults
in Enugu State (eastern part), Nigeria
Iwezu Happy Nonso
University of Nigeria, Nigeria
C
entral obesity and its implicated adverse health conditions are a major concern of some people. Central obesity is one of
the predisposition factors to cardiovascular disease, respiratory conditions, type-2 diabetes mellitus, cancer and others.
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between central obesity, cardio respiratory fitness and physical
activity level among adults in Enugu State. 317 subjects (158 obese and 159 non-obese) who met the inclusion criteria and gave
their informed consent participated in the study. Their waist to hip ratio was determined using measuring tape and body mass
index measured with stadiometer and weighing scale. Cardio respiratory fitness was determined using Harvard step test and
International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) was used to determine their physical activity level. Data collected was
analyzed descriptively and inferentially using correlation test. The level of significance was set at p=0.01. The physical activity
level of obese adults in Enugu State increases in an ascending order of vigorous, low and moderate while the cardiorespiratory
fitness decreases in reverse direction as low, average, good, excellence and very low. There was a significant relationship between
cardio respiratory fitness and physical activity (r=0.146, sig=0.009). There was also a significant relationship between waist-hip
ratio and cardiorespiratory fitness (r=-0.221, sig=0.000).
iwezuhappy@yahoo.comJ Nov Physiother 2018, Volume 8
DOI: 10.4172/2165-7025-C2-027