Caracterización de la composición corporal, condición física y factores de riesgo cardiovascular en estudiantes de primer semestre de Educación Física de la Universidad Minuto de Dios - Bogotá, D.C.

Abstract

The present article arose as a consequence of the need to identify and correlate the level of physical condition and cardiovascular risk factors possessed by students in the first semester of the Physical Education Degree of the Minuto de Dios University Corporation in the city of Bogotá, D.C., Colombia. The above, considering a random sample of 96 students: 18 women, average age 20.3±4.8 years; and 78 men with average age 19.1±3.0 years. For this purpose, the body composition (height, weight, BMI, FC and SatO2), physical condition (Eurofit modified battery) and aerobic capacity (Ruffier test) of the study subjects were evaluated. The average body mass index (BMI) for women was 19.7±1.6kg/m2 and for men 21.03±2.8kg/m2. In physical fitness evaluation, to the question: Do you perform physical activity, 81.25 % responded that they do perform physical activity; while 18.75 % stated that they do not. Within the correlations established in women, the following were found: systolic blood pressure vs. aerobic capacity (0.858, p= 0.000), systolic blood pressure vs. resistance strength (0.517, p= 0.028), diastolic blood pressure vs. aerobic capacity (0.775, p= 0.000). On the other hand, within the correlations established in men, the following were found: diastolic blood pressure vs. weight (0.254, p=0.025), systolic blood pressure vs. aerobic capacity (0.859, p=0.000), diastolic blood pressure vs. explosive force (-0.431, p=0.000), diastolic blood pressure vs. aerobic capacity (0.795, p=0.000). Therefore, it was concluded that in both women and men evaluated, there are no cardiovascular risk factors, and the women evaluated are less predisposed to developing these factors, since they are constantly physically active than the men evaluated.