Evaluación de razones de prevalencia para sedentarismo y factores de riesgo en un grupo de estudiantes universitarios. Chía – Colombia.
2014; Volume: 13; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.6018/eglobal.13.2.172951
ISSN1695-6141
AutoresHarold Fabián Cruz Bermúdez, Jorge Enrique Moreno Collazos, Adriana Angarita Fonseca,
Tópico(s)Physical Activity and Health
ResumoPhysical inactivity in young people becomes a predisposing factor to the deterioration of health; risk factors must be controlled to reduce the impact on the university. Objective: to evaluate reasons for inactivity prevalence and risk factors in a group of university students. Methods: a descriptive transversal study conducted on 52 students in the programs of Physiotherapy, Nursing and Medicine who attended a program of health promotion. An analysis of multiple Poisson regression to calculate prevalence ratios. The software used was Stata 11.0. Results: be between 20 and 27 years old increased 2.7 (95% CI 1.2 to 5.7) the prevalence of physical inactivity compared to having between 17 and 19 years adjusted for cardiovascular risk and heart rate. Discussion: the study established the prevalence ratios between risk factors associated with sedentary lifestyle and risk factors, the most significant was age. We found a significant behavior in relation to the presence of sedentary students
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