Sport practice, physical structure, and body image among university students

Table 1 Sample characteristics, weight status and sport practice by gender

	Males	Females	p value	t value	t (df)	chi-square
Sample characteristics*	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
Height (cm)	177.6 (7.0)	165.3 (6.5)	<.001	11.77	229
Weight (kg)	73.6 (9.5)	59.2 (6.6)	<.001	10.62	229
Body Mass Index (BMI)	23.3 (2.4)	21.6 (2.1)	<.001	4.60	229
Relaxed Arm Circumference (cm)	29.1 (2.9)	26.2 (2.6)	<.001	6.87	229
Contracted Arm Circumference (cm)	31.5 (3.0)	27.6 (2.4)	<.001	9.00	229
Δ Arm Circumferences (cm)	2.4 (1.1)	1.4 (0.9)	<.001	6.10	229
Waist Circumference (cm)	78.6 (5.8)	70.0 (5.0)	<.001	9.99	229
Hip Circumference (cm)	96.5 (6.8)	95.5 (7.2)	0.166	1.40	228
WHR	0.8 (0.1)	0.7 (0.0)	<.001	9.89	228
Sport Hours per Week	6.9 (3.3)	6.5 (4.1)	0.016	2.43	229
^aActual Figure	3.8 (1.6)	5.2 (1.3)	<.001	−5.79	224
^bIdeal Figure	3.7 (0.9)	3.5 (1.0)	0.108	1.61	224
^cBody Dissatisfaction Score (BDS)	0.1 (1.4)	1.7 (1.3)	<.001	−7.63	224
Weight Status^#	%	%	<.001			19.2
Underweight	0.0	5.3
Normal Weight	77.0	91.2
Overweight	23.0	3.5
Sport practice^#	%	%
Practice	77.6	57.9	0.004			8.3

^aSubjects were shown nine silhouettes ordered from 1 to 9, from emaciation to obesity, and they selected the silhouette that they believed was most similar to their own (Actual Figure)
^bSubjects were shown nine silhouettes ordered from 1 to 9, from emaciation to obesity, and they selected the silhouette that they most desired (Ideal Figure)
^cBDS was calculated by subtracting the “ideal figure” from the “actual figure” score
^*Comparisons were performed using Student’s t-test
^#Comparisons were performed using chi-square

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