Relationship of Body-Composition Types and Physical Fitness Performance for College Women

The purpose of this study was twofold, 1) to classify the body composition of healthy college women into certain types by combining percent body fat, and lean body mass per unit of height and 2) to clarify the characteristics of physical fitness performance in each group. The subjects were 664 healthy college women (average age : 18.3±0.6 years). Data collected on body forms and physical fitness performance of subjects in 1991-1999. In order to check significant differences of mean values for each type, at this study employed the t-test, and a statistically significant level of 0.05. Main results are as follows. It was one of condition to be necessary though a body composition of much more the lean body mass got high physical fitness performance of college women. The person of surplus body fat was low quality of physical fitness performance. The ratio of low physical fitness level was approximately 35% of all objects person