The Relation of Body Mass Index to the Vital Capacity of Young Adults

Obesity is one of the risk factors for many metabolic and cardiovascular diseases. Vital capacity measurement is one of the health procedures to show lung function. Vital capacity can be predicted by knowing age and height. Vital capacity percentage shows the result of vital capacity in measurement compared with the predicted vital capacity. Sixty six healthy volunteers (n=66) are used in this study. The results show that vital capacity percentage are higher in normal-thin volunteers with % RBW (Relative Body Weight) <>0,05).By: Rizaldy Pinzon; Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Gadjah Mada