本研究以八十二學年度臺北市信義國中學生為研究對象，探討青少年身體組成與心肺耐力之間的相關，身體組成以評量不同部位的皮脂厚度為主，而心肺耐力則評估一英哩跑走之成績，依年級分層取樣，每年級依任課教師的意願，立意抽取一至三年級各兩班(共六班)，男生(N=116)女生(N=117)共233人。分別接受四個部位的皮脂厚度之測量(肱三頭肌、肩胛骨下緣、腸骨上方、小腿內側)與完成一英哩跑走所需時間之測驗，所得資料經SAS淨相關分析，結果在男生方面，皮脂厚度與一英哩跑走秒數之淨相關係數為肱三頭肌=0.26，肩胛骨下緣=0.22，腸骨上方=0.27，小腿內側=0.24，皮脂厚度總和=0.33，以上皆達P<0.05之顯著水準；在女生方面，皮脂厚度與一英哩跑走秒數之淨相關係數為肱三頭肌=0.05，肩胛骨下緣=0.01，腸骨上方=0.11，小腿內側=0.05，皮脂厚度總和=0.08，以上皆未達P<0.05之顯著水準。由上述結果顯示，受試青少年皮脂厚度與一英哩跑走秒數之相關，男生達顯著水準，皮脂厚度愈厚者，其一英哩跑走所需的秒數也愈多(成績愈差)，亦即心肺耐力愈差，相反的，女生則未達顯著水準。

　　　　　The relationship between body composition and cardiorespiratory endurance was conidered in Taiwanese junior high school students. The study sample consisted of 233 seventh- to ninth-grade male and female students enrolled in the Taipei Municipal Hsin Yi Junior High School during the school year of 1993-1994. The sampling was purposive because of administrative convenience. Body composition was measured with skinfolds on the rihgt side of the body, including triceps, subscapular, suprailiac, and medial calf. Cardiorespiratory endurance was measured with 1-mile run (1.6 kilometers) in seconds. The data collected from the student respondents were analyzed with the SAS. The four skinfolds were significantly and positively correlated with l-mile run scores in boys when the effects of age, height, body weihgt, and body mass index were partialled out. The partial correlations ranged from 0.22 to 0.34. There were, however, not significant in girls.