Sports participation in childhood and adolescence and physical activity intensity in adulthood

Mariana Biagi Batista, Mileny Caroline Menezes de Freitas, Catiana Leila Possamai Romanzini, Cynthia Correa Lopes Barbosa, Gabriela Blasquez Shigaki, Rômulo Araújo Fernandes, Marcelo Romanzini and Enio Ricardo Vaz Ronque

PLOS ONE, 2024, vol. 19, issue 5, 1-13

Abstract: Objectives: The aim of the present study was to analyze the association between sports participation in childhood and adolescence and the practice of physical activity at different intensities in adulthood, and to verify if some sports participation characteristics such as number of sports; type of sport (individual, collective or a combination of both) and total estimated sports participation time are associated with the different physical activity intensities in adulthood. Design: This is a cross-sectional study. Methods: This study included 129 young adults of both sexes aged 18–25 years. Sports participation in childhood (7–10 years) and adolescence (11–17 years) was retrospectively estimated through specific questionnaire. Light, moderate, vigorous and moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity was objectively estimated by accelerometers. To verify the association between SP in childhood and adolescence and BP intensities in adults, multiple linear regression was adopted, with 5% significance. Results: Analyses showed that, in females, sports participation in childhood (β = 0.315; R2 = 0.14; P = 0.020) and persistence in sports participation (β = 0.364; R2 = 0.18; P = 0.007) were positive predictors of vigorous physical activity in adulthood. In addition, the comparison according to the specificities of the sport practice, indicated that participation in two or more sports in childhood, one sport and collective sports in adolescence and at least one year of sports participation throughout childhood and adolescence were associated with longer time in vigorous physical activity intensity and MVPA (minutes/day) in adult females (P

Date: 2024
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