Physical fitness components are bone mineral density predictors in adulthood: cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: Health-related physical fitness (HRPF) attributes are considered important markers beneficial to various health outcomes. However, the literature is divergent regarding HRPF and bone health in adulthood, especially due to the end of the second and beginning of the third decades of life when the peak bone mass period occurs. To analyze which HRPF variables are areal bone mineral density (aBMD) predictors in adult males and females. This study evaluated 137 healthy young adults aged 18-25 years (50% males). Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) was used to estimate fat mass and lean mass and aBMD, hand grip strength test, sit-ups test, flexibility test, lower limb muscle strength and 20-meter run were used to evaluate physical fitness. Multiple linear regression using the backward method wa

SUBMITTER: da Costa JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11375886 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature