Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to determine the relationship between healthy lifestyle behaviors, physical fitness, and coronary risk factors in university students. 320 male and female (nm: 171; nf: 149, respectively) students from a university participated in this study voluntarily. For the determination of body composition and Body Mass Indexes (BMI), subjects’ height, body weight, and skinfold thickness were taken and body fat percentage (% fat) was determined. Healthy lifestyle behaviors were determined using the healthy lifestyle behaviors questionnaire. Indicators of physical fitness included flexibility (sit-up) (F), muscle strength and endurance (isometric knee (KS), back strength (BS) and a total of shuttle (TS), sprint performance, BMI, and body fat percentage (% fat). Coronary heart disease risk factors included mean arterial blood pressure (systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP)), fasting blood levels of triglycerides (TG), total cholesterol (TC), hematocrit (HCT), and hemoglobin (HGB). Results indicated subjects have normal body mass index, body fat percentage, SBP, DBP, TG, TCF, BS, and KS. The results of the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Analysis, indicated that SBP, DBP, TG, TCF, BS, and KS for male and female was significantly correlated with flexibility (sit-up) (F), muscle strength and endurance (isometric knee (KS), back strength (BS) and total of shuttle (TS)), sprint performance. (p < 0.01; p < 0.05), In conclusion, the findings of the present study indicated that physical fitness and healthy lifestyle behaviors play a determinant role in coronary heart disease risk factors for male and female students from a university.
Highlights
Coronary heart disease (CHD) continues to be a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among adults in Europe and North America [1]
Two–four factors such as obesity, left ventricular hypertrophy, family history of premature CHD, and physically inactive [3] have been considered in defining CHD risk [1] and increased physical activity leads to greater cardiorespiratory fitness, decreased blood pressure and body weight and increased high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), Educ
Physical fitness characteristics, the healthy lifestyle behaviors, and coronary risk factors of university students are displayed in Tables 1–3 respectively
Summary
Coronary heart disease (CHD) continues to be a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among adults in Europe and North America [1]. CHD is responsible for 29,500 deaths in Australia annually. Ninety-there percent of women and 80% of men who die as a result of CHD are over the age of 65 [2]. Risk factors have included blood pressure, cigarette smoking, cholesterol (TC), low-density cholesterol (LDL-C), high-density cholesterol (HDL-C), and diabetes. Two–four factors such as obesity, left ventricular hypertrophy, family history of premature CHD, and physically inactive [3] have been considered in defining CHD risk [1] and increased physical activity leads to greater cardiorespiratory fitness, decreased blood pressure and body weight and increased HDL-C, Educ.
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