Villanueva Karen, Giles-Corti Billie, McCormack Gavin
School of Population Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.
Prev Med. 2008 Sep;47(3):338-41. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.03.005. Epub 2008 Mar 18.
To compare pedometer steps of university students who used public transport and private motor vehicles to travel to and or from The University of Western Australia (UWA).
103 undergraduate students in 2006 recruited by e-mail and snowballing wore a pedometer for five consecutive university days, and completed a travel and physical activity diary.
Compared with private motor vehicle users, public transport users performed more daily steps (11443 vs. 10242 steps/day, p=0.04) After adjusting for gender, age group and average daily minutes of self-reported leisure-time physical activity, the odds of achieving 10,000 steps/day was higher in public transport users compared with private motor vehicle users (OR 3.55; 95% CI 1.34-9.38, p=0.01).
Walking associated with public transport use appeared to contribute to university students achieving higher levels of daily steps. Encouraging public transport use could help increase and maintain community physical activity levels.
比较乘坐公共交通和私人机动车往返西澳大利亚大学（UWA）的大学生的计步器步数。
2006年通过电子邮件和滚雪球式招募的103名本科生连续五个大学日佩戴计步器，并完成一份出行和身体活动日记。
与私人机动车使用者相比，公共交通使用者的每日步数更多（11443步/天对10242步/天，p=0.04）。在对性别、年龄组和自我报告的休闲时间身体活动的平均每日分钟数进行调整后，公共交通使用者达到每日10000步的几率高于私人机动车使用者（比值比3.55；95%置信区间1.34 - 9.38，p=0.01）。
与使用公共交通相关的步行似乎有助于大学生达到更高的每日步数。鼓励使用公共交通有助于提高和维持社区身体活动水平。
