Dishman R K
Behavioral Fitness Laboratory, University of Georgia, Athens 30602.
Am J Prev Med. 1988 May-Jun;4(3):153-60.
The association of past participation in school sports with present physical activity was studied in 265 Caucasian men who represented a broad spectrum of cardiovascular health. In cross-sectional and prospective analyses of free-living and supervised settings, no differences in contemporary adult activity were observed between former athletes and nonathletes (p greater than .05). Statistical control for selection bias effects by age, body mass index, sum of skin folds, exercise tolerance, and coronary health status did not alter the results. Recall of free-living physical activity was verified by significant (p less than .05) correlations with a concurrent self-report of activity and with body mass index and exercise tolerance adjusted for coronary health status. Previous reports of an association between school sports participation and adult activity have failed to control for subject selection bias and confounding variables, verify activity recall, and examine both supervised and free-living environments. Although these data do not support the role of youthful sports participation in adult physical activity, future studies could provide objective measures of school and community sports participation and subjective measures of the sports experience in relation to other sex, race, and ethnic factors.
在265名代表广泛心血管健康范围的白人男性中，研究了过去参与学校体育运动与当前身体活动之间的关联。在对自由生活和有监督环境的横断面及前瞻性分析中，前运动员和非运动员之间在当代成人活动方面未观察到差异（p大于0.05）。通过年龄、体重指数、皮褶厚度总和、运动耐量和冠状动脉健康状况对选择偏倚效应进行统计控制，并未改变结果。自由生活身体活动的回忆通过与同时期活动自我报告以及经冠状动脉健康状况调整的体重指数和运动耐量的显著（p小于0.05）相关性得到验证。先前关于学校体育运动参与与成人活动之间关联的报告未能控制受试者选择偏倚和混杂变量，未能验证活动回忆，也未考察有监督和自由生活环境。尽管这些数据不支持青少年体育运动参与在成人身体活动中的作用，但未来研究可以提供学校和社区体育运动参与的客观测量方法，以及与其他性别、种族和民族因素相关的体育经历主观主观测量方法。
