라오스인의 성별, 연령별 대사증후군 변인과 체력과의 관계

The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between physical fitness and NCD related variables according to gender, age and residence of Laotians. The research problem were as following, First, is there difference of older man and woman’s health behavior, self-efficacy and loneliness as a function of stage of exercise, sex, partner in older adults? Second, is there difference of older man and woman’s self-efficacy and loneliness as a function of stage of exercise, sex, partner in older adults? The Subjects of this study were randomly selected from twenty-five villages scattered among four districts. One thousand Laotians were selected; single person per family aged between 40 and 59 in rural and as well as urban area. Eventually, this study used 979 people for the statistical analysis. The questions were devised to measure six elements including muscular strength, endurance, cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, agility and power. Independent t-test, Kruskal Wallis, Scheffe(for the post hoc) was used according to sex, age, residence, and BMI level via the Windows SPSS 21.0 package for statistical analysis. Results of this study were as following. Laotians’ overall physical fitness level turned out to be between low to average. Flexibility scored the lowest for average Laotians in the male and female both. For the women, agility and power were lower than male. For the BMI, male of 40s were overweight, female of 40s and 50s were all overweight. For the waist circumference, female of 40s and 50s were all obese. For the WHR, female of 40s and 50s were all obese. For the systolic blood pressure, male and female of 40s and 50s were all pre- hypertension. For the pulse pressure, male and female of 40s and 50s were all high. Obese people had lower cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, agility, and power. Laotians need to do regular exercises to increase physical fitness. This preliminary result will be helpful in developing both physical activity guide line and intervention practice guide line.