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Hydration Status, Body Composition and Anxiety Status in Aeronautical Military Personnel from Spain: a cross-sectional study
- Source :
- Military Medical Research, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021), Military Medical Research
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Research Square Platform LLC, 2020.
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Abstract
- Background An adequate hydration status is critical to ensure efficiency during mental and physical activities. Our goal was to assess the hydration status of a Spanish group of aeronautical military men and to determine the association of hydration status with body composition and anxiety. Methods A total of 188 men were evaluated through a validated hydration questionnaire, anthropometric and biochemical parameters, and an anxiety questionnaire. Based on these methods, the criteria of hydration were established. Results Of the total sample, 81% met the hydration criteria (urine color = well hydrated, water balance ≥ 0 ml, and total water intake/weight ≥ 35 ml/kg), and 19% did not meet the hydration criteria (urine color = not sufficiently hydrated or dehydrated, water balance P = 0.026), weight [(84.7 ± 10.5) vs. (80.5 ± 10.2) kg], body mass index [(26.3 ± 3.1) vs. (25.2 ± 2.8)]kg/m2, body fat [(22.3 ± 5.6) vs. (18.3 ± 6.5)] %, urine specific gravity, and urine color. Using a logistic binary regression model, hydration status was related significantly with the percentage of body fat (P = 0.004), but no relation was found with age, comorbidities, or medications. Furthermore, total water intake/weight was positively correlated with percentage of body water (r = 0.357, P = 0.000) and negatively with body fat (kg) (r = − 0.427, P = 0.000), percentage of body fat (r = − 0.405, P = 0.000), and waist/hip ratio (r = − 0.223, P = 0.002). Based on a linear regression model, total water intake/weight was related significantly with percentage of body fat (P = 0.001) and percentage of body water content (P = 0.035). No relation was found, however, with waist/hip ratio, age, comorbidities, or medications. Conclusions These findings all suggest a relationship between hydration status and body composition but also set the bases for future studies that relate hydration status and anxiety status. These results can be used to improve the hydration status and body composition of military personnel.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
0301 basic medicine
Medicine (General)
Waist
Cross-sectional study
Body water
Organism Hydration Status
030209 endocrinology & metabolism
Urine
Anxiety
Body composition
Statistics, Nonparametric
03 medical and health sciences
R5-920
0302 clinical medicine
Animal science
Surveys and Questionnaires
Humans
Medicine
Water intake
030109 nutrition & dietetics
Urine specific gravity
business.industry
Research
Altitude
Hydration status
General Medicine
Middle Aged
Water-Electrolyte Balance
Anthropometry
Military aeronautical personnel
Anxiety status
Cross-Sectional Studies
Military Personnel
Military Science
Spain
medicine.symptom
business
Body mass index
Subjects
Details
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Military Medical Research, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021), Military Medical Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....94769741c6b70dfe7aa006072fb9d1aa