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Weekly physical activity patterns of university students : are athletes more active than non‑athletes?
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The aim of the present study was to compare weekly physical activity (PA) and obesity-related markers in athlete and
non-athlete university students. One hundred and twenty-six university students (53 males, 20.46 ± 2.04 years old,
and 73 females, 19.69 ± 1.32 years old) participated in this study. Participants were fitted with a tri-axial accelerometer (ActiGraph wGT3X-BT, Shalimar, FL, USA) to assess the daily PA. Anthropometric measures of height, weight, BMI
and %fat mass were determined with a stadiometer and an electronic scale. The comparison indicated that male and
female athletes had a significant lower percentage of body fat than did non-athletes (p value = 0.001; ES = 0.043).
Athletes spent significantly more time in light PA than did non-athletes (p value = 0.003; ES = 0.024). Female athletes spent significantly less time in sedentary mode than did non-athletes (p value = 0.040; ES = 0.008). On the
other hand, female athletes spent significantly more time in light PA (p value = 0.003; ES = 0.017) and vigorous PA
(p value = 0.001; ES = 0.086) than did non-athletes. Despite some statistical differences with minimal effect size, the
results of this study suggested proximity between PA levels of athletes and non-athletes, mainly in the case of sedentary behaviour. No significant effects were found in the variances of PA tested in this study.
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Physical activity Accelerometer Athletes Young adults
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Springer Open