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09.06.2023 | Original Article
Sexual maturation and physical activity in adolescents: association and interaction
verfasst von:
Eliane Denise Araújo Bacil, Thiago Silva Piola, Ana Beatriz Pacífico, Jhonatan Gritten Campos, Michael Pereira da Silva, Wagner de Campos
Erschienen in:
Sport Sciences for Health
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Ausgabe 4/2023
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Abstract
Background
The decrease in physical activity after adolescence seems to be more related to biological age than to chronological age. The sexual maturation may explain this decline in physical activity in adolescents.
Aims
This study aimed to verify the interaction of sexual maturation with sex, nutritional status, and socioeconomic condition in association with insufficient physical activity of 3979 students, of both sexes, aged between 11 and 19 years of public schools from two cities in southern Brazil adolescents.
Methods
Measurements of body mass, height, sexual maturation, socioeconomic condition, and level of physical activity were collected. Poisson regression analyzed the association and interaction with insufficient physical activity providing prevalence ratios (PR) with 95% confidence intervals and p < 0.05.
Results
Girls regardless of the pubertal stage and students of middle and low economic classes were more likely to be insufficiently active. The likelihood of girls being insufficiently active increases with the pubertal stage.
Conclusion
Special attention should be paid to girls and students of intermediate and low economic classes.