男子大学生の身体組成の分類と体力

Abstract

The purpose of this study was twofold, 1) to classify the body composition of healthy college men into certain types by combining percent body fat, and lean body mass per unit of height and 2) to clarify the characteristics of physical fitness performance in each group. The subjects were 1067 healthy college men (average age : 18.3±0.6 years). Data collected on body forms and physical fitness performance of subjects in 1991～1996. I calculated body density by the SUZUKl-NAGAMINE skinfold thickness method for Japanese, and also %FAT by BROZEK formula. In order to check significant differences of mean values for each type, at this study employed the t-test, and a statistically significant level of 0.05.