Accepted Manuscript Associations between body fat percentage and fitness among police officers: A statewide study John M. Violanti, PhD, Claudia C. Ma, Desta Fekedulegn, Michael E. Andrew, Ja K. Gu, Tara A. Hartley, Luenda E. Charles, Cecil M. Burchfiel PII:
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DOI:
10.1016/j.shaw.2016.07.004
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Safety and Health at Work
Received Date: 11 September 2015 Revised Date:
26 May 2016
Accepted Date: 13 July 2016
Please cite this article as: Violanti JM, Ma CC, Fekedulegn D, Andrew ME, Gu JK, Hartley TA, Charles LE, Burchfiel CM, Associations between body fat percentage and fitness among police officers: A statewide study, Safety and Health at Work (2016), doi: 10.1016/j.shaw.2016.07.004. This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.
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Running title: body fat and police fitness Associations between body fat percentage and fitness among police officers: A statewide study John M. VIOLANTI1
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Claudia C. MA2 Desta FEKEDULEGN2 Michael E. ANDREW2
Tara A. HARTLEY2 Luenda E. CHARLES2
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Cecil M. BURCHFIEL2
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Ja K. GU2
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Department of Epidemiology & Environmental Health, School of Public Health and Health Professions,
University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA. 2
Biostatistics and Epidemiology Branch, Health Effects Laboratory Division, National Institute for
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Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA.
Corresponding author: John M. Violanti, PhD. Department of Epidemiology & Environmental Health,
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270 Farber Hall, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, 14214,
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Phone: 1-716-829-5481
[email protected]
Disclaimer: The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Disclosure statement: The authors report no conflicts of interests.
ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT Body fat and police fitness
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Running title: body fat and police fitness Associations between body fat percentage and fitness among police officers: A statewide study
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Background: Police work is generally sedentary though there may be situations that require physical endurance and
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strength, such as foot chases and arresting suspects. Factors such as excessive body fat can impede the officer’s
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physical ability to deal with such occurrences. Our objective was to examine associations between officer’s body fat
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percentage (BF%) and performance on a standardized fitness protocol.
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Methods: Data were obtained from fitness screening among 1,826 male and 115 female officers in a large U.S. police
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agency. The screening consisted of a 1.5-mile-run, push-ups, sit-ups, and sit-and reach test. Gender-specific body fat
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percentages were estimated from skinfold thickness measured using calipers. Linear regression models were used to
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examine unadjusted and adjusted mean scores of fitness tests across BF% tertiles.
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Results: The prevalence of overall fitness was 4.3 times greater in male officers and 3.6 times greater in female
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officers having the lowest BF% tertile compared with the highest tertile (30.3% vs 7.1% and 46.0% vs 12.8%,
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respectively). BF% was linearly and positively associated with the time of 1.5-mile-run (p
