Articles : Development of the Health Index for Middle-aged Women -The Estimation of the Health Age According to the Increase of Age-

Journal of Exercise Nutrition & Biochemistry 2002;6(3):247-252.

Abstract

The biological age as a scale for evaluating the degree of the aging has been proposed and the equations has been estimated until now. The explanation variables used to the estimate of the biological age reflect the phenomenon of aging, but there is a limitation of the physiological test at rest. The health age reflected the progress of aging and level of health using variable explained the result of the physiological test both at rest and during exercise, and physical fitness test was proposed on this study. The explanation variables were consisted of abdominal girth, % body fat, FVC, side-step test, vertical jump, SBP, VO2LT, and HDLC/TC. The equation of the health age is followed : Health Age = 0.174X_(１)-0.389X_(２)-0.005X_(３)-0.339X_(４)-0.279X_(５)+0.095X_(６)+0.072X_(７)-14.029X_(８)+63.166 (X_(１)=Abdominal Girth, X_(２)=%body fat, X_(３)=FVC, X_(４)=Side step, X_(５)=Vertical jump, X_(６)=SBP, X_(７)=VO_(２ＬＴ), X_(８)=HDLC/TC). Thus, the health age on this study can be used to evaluate the change of the health and physical fitness level according to the increase of age.

Key Words: health index, physical fitness, vital age, middle-age