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Physical fitness and anthropometric normative values among Colombian-Indian schoolchildren
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Ramírez-Vélez, Robinson
Correa Bautista, Jorge Enrique
Izquierdo, Mikel
García-Hermoso, Antonio
Ramos Sepúlveda, Jeison Alexander
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2016
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Background: Substantial evidence indicates that children’s physical fitness levels are markers of their lifestyles and their
cardio-metabolic health profile and are predictors of the future risk of chronic diseases such as obesity, cardiometabolic
disease, skeletal health and mental health. However, fitness reference values for ethnic children and adolescents have not
been published in a Latin-American population. Therefore, the aim of the study was to provide sex- and age-specific
physical fitness and anthropometric reference standards among Colombian-Indian schoolchildren.
Methods: A sample of 576 participants (319 boys and 257 girls) aged 10 to 17 years old was assessed using the
FUPRECOL test battery. Four components of physical fitness were measured: 1) morphological component: height,
weight, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), triceps skinfold, subscapular skinfold, and body fat (%); 2)
musculoskeletal component: handgrip and standing long jump test; 3) motor component: speed/agility test (4 × 10 m
shuttle run); and 4) cardiorespiratory component: course-navette 20 m, shuttle run test and estimation of maximal oxygen
consumption by VO2max indirect. Centile smoothed curves for the 3rd, 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, 90th and 97th percentiles were
calculated using Cole’s LMS method.
Results: Our results show that weight, height and BMI in each age group were higher in boys than in girls. In each
groups, age showed a significant effect for BMI and WC. Boys showed better than girls in cardiorespiratory fitness, lowerand
upper-limb strength and speed/agility and girls performed better in low back flexibility.
Conclusion: Our results provide for the first time sex- and age-specific physical fitness and anthropometric reference
values for Colombian Nasa Indian children and adolescents aged 10–17.9 years
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Physical Fitness , Body Composition , Obesity , Adolescent , Reference Standards
