Cardiorespiratory fitness in college students of Uttar Pradesh, India (original) (raw)

Present study was undertaken to (i) evaluate VO 2 max among college students of Uttar Pradesh, (ii) compare the data with other reports and (iii) compute prediction norms for VO 2 max. Seventy five Male and seventy five female college students of 19-24 years having middle class socioeconomic background were recruited by random sampling from Institute of Dental Sciences, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India. VO 2 max was determined by Queen's College step test (QCT). Physical parameters were significantly correlated (P < 0.001) with VO 2 max in both the sexes and they were (except age) significantly higher among males. Followings are the prediction norms for VO 2 max from body height which showed maximum value of correlation coefficients.