Al-Drees Abdulmajeed, Abdulghani Hamza, Irshad Mohammad, Baqays Abdulsalam Ali, Al-Zhrani Abdulaziz Ali, Alshammari Sulaiman Abdullah, Alturki Norah Ibrahim
a King Saud University , Saudi Arabia.
Med Teach. 2016;38 Suppl 1:S66-72. doi: 10.3109/0142159X.2016.1142516.
To explore physical activity (PA) habits among the medical students and examine the correlation with their grade point average (GPA) achievement at College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
A cross-sectional study was conducted among the medical students (n = 409), during the academic year 2012-2013. Students' physical activity habits were self-reported. GPA, body mass index (BMI) and body fat percent (BF%) were collected and analyzed with SPSS software.
Out of 409 students, 193 (47.2%) students reported being physically active. Our result showed a significant positive association between students' PA habits and high-GPA achievement (χ(2 )= 10.65, p = 0.001). The greatest odds ratio of high GPA was found among the fourth year students (OR = 3.08, CI: 1.15-8.28, p = 0.025) and fifth year students (OR = 5.07, CI: 1.48-17.31, p = 0.010). In addition, significant association was found between the normal BMI and high-GPA achievers (χ(2 )= 8.30; p = 0.016). However, no statistically, significant association was found between BF% and GPA.
The present study showed a positive associations was found between PA habits and high academic achievement. In addition, positive association was found between PA, obese students and GPA achievement. Therefore, there is a need for the establishment of physical activity education and public health programs to promote importance of PA in Saudi population.
探讨沙特阿拉伯利雅得国王沙特大学医学院学生的体育活动（PA）习惯，并研究其与平均绩点（GPA）成绩之间的相关性。
在2012 - 2013学年对医学院学生（n = 409）进行了一项横断面研究。学生的体育活动习惯通过自我报告获得。收集了GPA、体重指数（BMI）和体脂百分比（BF%），并使用SPSS软件进行分析。
在409名学生中，193名（47.2%）学生报告有体育活动。我们的结果显示学生的PA习惯与高GPA成绩之间存在显著正相关（χ(2)=10.65，p = 0.001）。在四年级学生（OR = 3.08，CI：1.15 - 8.28，p = 0.025）和五年级学生（OR = 5.07，CI：1.48 - 17.31，p = 0.010）中发现高GPA的最大优势比。此外，正常BMI与高GPA获得者之间存在显著相关性（χ(2)=8.30；p = 0.016）。然而，在BF%与GPA之间未发现统计学上的显著相关性。
本研究表明PA习惯与高学业成绩之间存在正相关。此外，在PA、肥胖学生与GPA成绩之间也发现了正相关。因此，有必要建立体育活动教育和公共卫生项目，以促进PA在沙特人群中的重要性。
