Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2015
Abstract
Eighty one subjects were examined for the relationship between BMI, body fat, arterial oxygen saturation and arterial PO2 with the subjects at rest and after 5 minutes of walking on a treadmill ergometer at 3 mph at a 3% grade. They had BMIs between 19 and 50. All subjects were free of cardiovascular disease and had normal blood pressure making it safe for them to participate in mild exercise. They were all able to walk for at least 10 minutes without cardiovascular complications and were not taking any medications that altered the autonomic nervous system. The age was between 22 and 68. The results showed that above a BMI of about 30, there was an inverse relationship between BMI and oxygen saturation in fingertip blood (correlation -0.81. p
Recommended Citation
Petrofsky, J. S., Laymon, M. S., Khowailed, I. A., Fisher, S., & Mills, A. (2015). The effect of BMI on oxygen saturation at rest and during mild walking. Journal of Applied Medical Sciences, 4(2), 1-8.
Publisher's Statement
Originally published in the Journal of Applied Medical Sciences, 4(2), 1-8. Licensed under CC BY 2.5. This material can be found here.
