大学生の体力と短期喫煙習慣の関連

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The purpose of this research was to examine the effects of relatively short-term smoking habits (less than one-year) on the physlcal fitness of college students. This paper deals with the analysis of the results of 1500 m runs, Step tests, FEV1% and Kaup index to determine the effects of smoking on cardiocirculatory functions. The subjects were 5381 male college students, aged 19-20, in Hiroshima who took our physical fittness tests and responded to our questionnaires. Our findings can be summarized as follows: 1) The performance of 1500 m runs was lower in smokers than in nonsmokers. Thus, the general endurance of smokers is considered to be inferior to that of nonsmokers. 2) The score of Step tests in smokers was lower than that in nonsmokers. This indicates that smoking habits could influence cardiorespiratory functions. 3) There was no significant difference in the score of FEV1% by the length of smoking priod. 4) In reference to Kaup index, smokers tend to have slender figures in comparison on to nonsmokers. In this way, we conclude that the short-term smoking habits, even one-year length, may exert negative influences on physical fitness such as general endurance. Therefore, it is important to make smokers quit smoking at the early stage of the habituation of smoking.
社団法人日本体育学会の論文
1994-07-10