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Table 2 Association between comparative PA and sport and health related aspects

From: Comparative physical activity as a global question to assess physical activity among university students

 

I am much less physically active

I am less physically active

I am equally physically active

I am more physically active

I am much more physically active

p-value

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

 

Paying attention to sufficient PA

     

<.001

 Very much

0.0% (0)

0.7% (1)

6.3% (9)

46.5% (67)

46.5% (67)

 

 Much

0.9% (2)

5.0% (11)

32.9% (73)

53.6% (119)

7.7% (17)

 

 Neutral

2.8% (6)

33.5% (72)

49.8% (107)

13.5% (29)

0.5% (1)

 

 Less

27.8% (25)

57.8% (52)

13.3% (12)

1.1% (1)

0.0% (0)

 

 Much less

44.4% (8)

55.6% (10)

0.0% (0)

0.0% (0)

0.0% (0)

 

Physical performance

     

<.001

 Very good

0.0% (0)

0.8% (1)

9.3% (11)

42.4% (50)

47.5% (56)

 

 Good

1.3% (4)

11.7% (36)

32.7% (101)

46.0% (142)

8.4% (26)

 

Moderate

5.3% (10)

35.8% (67)

44.9% (84)

12.3% (23)

1.6% (3)

 

Not really good

30.9% (21)

60.3% (41)

7.4% (5)

1.5% (1)

0.0% (0)

 

Not good at all

85.7% (6)

14.3% (1)

0.0% (0)

0.0% (0)

0.0% (0)

 

PA during the last week: for at least 60 min on

     

<.001

 0 days

23.2% (26)

54.5% (61)

15.2% (17)

7.1% (8)

0.0% (0)

 

 1 day

7.7% (8)

37.5% (39)

41.3% (43)

13.5% (14)

0.0% (0)

 

 2 days

2.2% (3)

17.6% (24)

47.8% (65)

30.9% (42)

1.5% (2)

 

 3 days

1.5% (2)

11.3% (15)

35.5% (47)

42.9% (57)

9.0% (12)

 

 4 days

1.1% (1)

5.7% (5)

18.2% (16)

54.5% (48)

20.5% (18)

 

 5 days

0.0% (0)

0.0% (0)

13.6% (8)

57.6% (34)

28.8% (17)

 

 6 days

0.0% (0)

2.9% (1)

11.8% (4)

23.5% (8)

61.8% (21)

 

 7 days

4.3% (1)

4.3% (1)

4.3% (1)

21.7% (5)

65.2% (15)

 

PA during a normal week: for at least 60 min on

     

<.001

 0 days

36.8% (25)

48.5% (33)

11.8% (8)

2.9% (2)

0.0% (0)

 

 1 day

7.7% (8)

49.0% (51)

34.6% (36)

8.7% (9)

0.0% (0)

 

 2 days

3.4% (5)

27.7% (41)

47.3% (70)

20.9% (31)

0.7% (1)

 

 3 days

1.5% (2)

8.3% (11)

38.3% (51)

48.1% (64)

3.8% (5)

 

 4 days

0.8% (1)

2.5% (3)

20.3% (24)

51.7% (61)

24.6% (29)

 

 5 days

0.0% (0)

10.6% (7)

9.1% (6)

50.0% (33)

30.3% (20)

 

 6 days

0.0% (0)

0.0% (0)

11.4% (4)

28.6% (10)

60.0% (21)

 

 7 days

0.0% (0)

0.0% (0)

11.8% (2)

35.3% (6)

52.9% (9)

 

The regularity of sport activity with sweating or fast heartbeat

     

<.001

Often

0.3% (1)

3.0% (10)

22.4% (74)

49.4% (163)

24.8% (82)

 

Sometimes

4.3% (11)

31.9% (81)

43.7% (111)

18.9% (48)

1.2% (3)

 

Never

30.2% (29)

54.2% (52)

13.5% (13)

2.1% (2)

0.0% (0)

 

The amount of sport activity per week

     

<.001

None

42.9% (24)

50.0% (28)

5.4% (3)

1.8% (1)

0.0% (0)

 

 1 h

11.9% (7)

62.7% (37)

20.3% (12)

5.1% (3)

0.0% (0)

 

 1–2 h

5.7% (7)

40.7% (50)

41.5% (51)

11.4% (14)

0.8% (1)

 

 2–4 h

1.4% (3)

11.0% (23)

48.3% (101)

35.9% (75)

3.3% (7)

 

 more than 4 h

0.0% (0)

3.3% (8)

14.0% (34)

50.8% (123)

31.8% (77)

 

Strenuous PA per week (mean [SD])

0.29 [0.64]

0.92 [1.57]

1.65 [1.19]

2.62 [1.49]

4.11 [2.17]

<.001

Moderate PA per week (mean [SD])

1.20 [2.08]

1.80 [2.27]

2.30 [2.13]

2.45 [2.13]

2.77 [2.53]

<.001

Overall leisure-time activity score (mean [SD])

14.10 [15.39]

23.47 [20.22]

32.67 [17.15]

41.16 [19.28]

55.63 [26.60]

<.001

Health contribution score (mean [SD])

8.61 [12.50]

17.17 [19.08]

26.46 [14.93]

35.81 [16.65]

50.37 [23.05]

<.001

Health contribution score

     

<.001

 Active

1.6% (6)

9.6% (37)

24.5% (104)

42.4% (163)

19.3% (74)

 

 Moderately active

3.3% (5)

24.8% (38)

39.2% (60)

28.8% (44)

3.9% (6)

 

 Insufficiently active

21.0% (30)

47.6% (68)

24.5% (35)

6.3% (9)

0.7% (1)

 

Self-rated general health

     

<.001

 fair/poor/very poor

18.3% (17)

39.8% (37)

20.4% (19)

17.2% (16)

4.3% (4)

 

 Very good/good

4.0% (24)

18.3% (109)

30.5% (182)

33.6% (200)

13.6% (81)

 

Self-rated mental health

     

<.001

 fair/poor/very poor

11.7% (19)

29.4% (48)

22.1% (36)

28.2% (46)

8.6% (14)

 

 Very good/good

4.2% (22)

18.6% (98)

31.4% (165)

32.3% (170)

13.5% (71)

 

Self-rated physical health

     

<.001

 fair/poor/very poor

19.1% (25)

40.5% (53)

21.4% (28)

16.0% (21)

3.1% (4)

 

 Very good/good

2.9% (16)

16.7% (93)

31.0% (173)

34.9% (195)

14.5% (81)

 
  1. PA Physical activity, SD Standard deviation
  2. p-values are based on chi2-statistics (for metric variables: Kruskal-Wallis-H-test)
  3. Data drawn from the cross-sectional Nutrition and Physical Activity in Adolescence Study (NuPhA)
  4. Overall leisure-time activity score, health contribution score, and categories based on the health contribution score are based on the Godin-Shepard leisure-time PA questionnaire (Godin 2011 [15])