Socioeconomic and Health Characteristics as Predictors of Social Support in Elderly People with Visual Impairment: Evidence from Serbia.

Background: Social networks and support have an independent and strong influence on health and quality of life at all stages of the life cycle, especially in the elderly. We aimed to determine the level of social support among the elderly population of the Republic of Serbia.

Methods: The survey is part of the fourth Health survey of the population of Serbia, which was conducted in 2019 by the Republic Institute of Statistics with the Institute for Public Health of Serbia "Dr.

The impact of body weight on aerobic capacity.

Aim: To determine the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and predicted values of VO2max estimated by UKK test for the first degree of obesity.

Methods: The participants were included in three groups of ten male subjects each, of different ages and different physical condition, randomly selected from the general population of the city of Kragujevac. BMI was determined first, and then the Urho Kaleva Kekonen (UKK) test on treadmill was performed in order to get a predicted value of cardiovascular capacity (VO2max) of respondents.