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The aim of this study was to compare the physical fi tness and quality of life related to the health of a sample population of older adult women from Spain and Serbia (60-69 years). A total of 127 female participants of physical fi tness programs from Spain (64.33±3.26) and Serbia (63.00±2.88) have participated. Physical fi tness (PF), quality of life (QoL) and sociodemographic characteristics were evaluated by Senior Fitness Test, SF-36 Health Survey and socio-demographic questionnaire, respectively. The anthropometric characteristic was measured by corporal measurement. The physical fi tness program comprised exercise of strength, agility and aerobic capacity, centering on the Pilates' program and Aerobic. Mean body mass index was 33.6±7.4 kg·m-2 in the Spanish participants and 25.1±2.6 kg·m-2 from the Serbian participants (p<0.001). Similarly, mean waist circumference and body weight of Spanish women was higher than Serbian (p<0.001; p<0.05, respectively). Spanish women perceived lower quality of life dimensions than Serbian women, such as physical functioning, social functioning and general health (p<0.001), general health (p<0.01) and vitality (p<0.05). Serbian participants experienced higher physical fi tness, such as upper body fl exibility (p<0.05), lower body fl exibility, agility and aerobic endurance (p<0.001). In conclusion, Serbian women were found to have better levels of physical fi tness and quality of life than Spanish women. Furthermore, endurance fi tness has 73% of explained variance with age, body mass index and fat mass. Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je usporediti tjelesnu kondiciju i kvalitetu života vezane za zdravlje uzorku populacije starijih odraslih žena iz Španjolske i Srbije (60-69 godina).Ukupno 127 žena sudjelovalo je u kondicijskom programu iz Španjolske (64,33±3,26) i Srbije (63,00±2,88). Tjelesna kondicija, kvaliteta života i socio-demografska obilježja su ispitana pomoću »Senior Fitness« testa, SF-36 zdravstvenog upitnika i socio-demografskog upitnika. Mjerene su antropometrijske karakteristike tijela. Kondicijski program čine vježbe snage, agilnosti i aerobnog kapaciteta, usredotočujući se na pilates i aerobik. Srednja vrijednost indeksa tjelesne mase bila je 33,6±7,4 kg • m² među španjolskim sudionicima i 25,1±2,6 kg • m2 kod srpskih sudionica (p<0,001). Isto tako, srednja vrijednost omjera opsega struka i tjelesne težine španjolskih žena bila viša od srpskih (p<0,001, odnosno p<0,05). Španjolske žene dimenzije kvalitete živote smatraju manjima nego srpske žene, poput tjelesnog funkcioniranja, socijalizacije i općeg zdravlja (p<0,001), opće zdravlje (p<0,01) i vitalnost (p<0,05). Srpske sudionice imale su veću tjelesnu kondiciju, poput fl eksibilnost gornjeg tijela (p<0,05), fl eksibilnost donjeg tijela, agilnosti i aerobne izdržljivosti (p<0.001). Zaključno, otkrilo se da Srpkinje imaju bolju razinu tjelesne kondicije i kvalitete života od španjolskih žena. Nadalje, kondicijska izdržljivost ima 73% objašnjene varijance dobi, indeksa tjelesne mase i masnog tkiva. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]