Correlation of anthropometric measures with 30 seconds sit to stand test in the community dwelling elderly population.

Background: Few countries have derived reference values for the 30 seconds sit to stand test. There is a lack of literature with respect to 30 seconds sit to stand test reference values in elderly Indian population. Additionally, much of the research on the 30 seconds sit to stand test just has focused on reference values and has not accounted for the possible contribution of factors such as anthropometric measurements influencing the test. So, there is a need to study the association between anthropometric factors and 30 seconds sit to stand test.
Objectives: The objective of the present study was to assess the 30 seconds sit to stand test and study the correlation of anthropometric measures with 30 seconds sit to stand test in the community dwelling elderly population.
Methods: 136 geriatric individuals with ≥ 60 years of age and living independently were recruited in this cross-sectional study. Individuals were selected on the basis of selection criteria. The demographic details and anthropometric measurements were taken. Then the 30 seconds sit to stand test was conducted and the values were noted.
Results: The statistical analysis showed that data was normally distributed by Kolmogorov smirnov test. Hence data was presented as mean ± standard deviation. Pearson coefficient of correlation was used to assess the association between anthropometric measures and 30 seconds sit to stand test. A p value less than 0.05 was considered as statistically significant..

背景：在少数国家中，已建立30秒坐立测试的参考值。关于老年印度人群30秒坐立测试参考值的文献匮乏。此外，现有关于30秒坐立测试的研究大多仅关注参考值，而未考虑如人体测量学等可能影响测试结果的因素。因此，有必要研究人体测量因素与30秒坐立测试之间的关联。
目标：本研究的目的是评估30秒坐立测试，并探讨人体测量指标与社区居住的老年人群30秒坐立测试的相关性。
方法：在本项横断面研究中，招募了136名≥60岁且独立生活的老年人群。个体根据入选标准进行选择。收集了人口统计学细节和人体测量学数据。随后进行了30秒坐立测试，并记录了测试结果。
结果：通过Kolmogorov-Smirnov检验，统计分析表明数据呈正态分布。因此，数据以平均值±标准差的形式呈现。使用皮尔逊相关系数来评估人体测量指标与30秒坐立测试之间的相关性。p值小于0.05被视为具有统计学意义。