Author(s)

Nobuyuki Miyatake, Takeyuki Numata, Zhen-Bo Cao, Motohiko Miyachi, Izumi Tabata

Department of Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan.
Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, Japan.
National Institute of Health and Nutrition, Tokyo, Japan.
Okayama Southern Institute of Health, Okayama Health Foundation, Okayama, Japan.
Ritsumeikan University, Shiga, Japan.

The link between cigarette smoking and predicted oxygen uptake was investigated using data for 149 Japanese men not taking medication. Cigarette smoking habits were obtained through interviews by well-trained staff. The influence of cigarette smoking on predicted oxygen uptake, predicted work rate and predicted heart rate were evaluated. Predicted oxygen uptake decreased with age. Predicted oxygen uptake and predicted work rate in men who smoked cigarettes was significantly lower than in subjects who did not, after adjusting for age. The differences in parameters did not reach significant levels after adjusting for age and physical activity evaluated by Σ[metabolic equivalents × h per week (METs?h/w)] (predicted oxygen uptake: p = 0.0632, predicted work rate: p = 0.0873). Cigarette smoking might be a modifyable factor for improving the aerobic exercise level in Japanese men.

Cigarette Smoking; Predicted Oxygen Uptake; Metabolic Equivalents

Miyatake, N. , Numata, T. , Cao, Z. , Miyachi, M. and Tabata, I. (2012) Relationship between predicted oxygen uptake and cigarette smoking in Japanese men. Health, 4, 423-428. doi: 10.4236/health.2012.47066.