Mohammad Azizi; Rastegar Hosseini
Abstract
Background and Aim: Scientific research shows that risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is two fold in sedentary people than active people because of the increasing of inactivity level. Thus, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between physical activity and risk factors ...
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Background and Aim: Scientific research shows that risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is two fold in sedentary people than active people because of the increasing of inactivity level. Thus, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between physical activity and risk factors of CVD in male college students. Materials and Methods: Thirty healthy young male with mean age of 22.5±1.27 years, and body mass index of 23.7±2.69 kg/m2 were selected using the clustering method for sampling. The physical activity level was measured by the Baecke standard questionnaire. Moreover, total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) also were measeard as CVD risk factors. For data analysis, the Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Pearson correlation coefficient were used and significant level was accepted if pResults: The result showed that there were significant negative correlation between physical activity and TC or LDL (p<0.02). Also no significant correlation were found between physical activity with TG or HDL (p>0.05). The results also showed that there were significant negative correlation between physical activity and body fat mass (p<0.001), percent body fat (p<0.005) and body mass index (p<0.003). However, there were no significant correlation between physical activity and SBP or DBP. Conclusion: Selecting an active lifestyle, in addition to maintaining body mass index in the healthy domain and also reduction of additional body fat can inhibit the risk factors of CVD in males.
