Investigation of the Effects of Smoking Addiction and Physical Activity on Some Respiratory Functions in Young Adult Males

Abstract

The aim of the study is to investigate the effect of smoking addiction and physical activity on some respiratory functions in young adult males. 120 male students who have no health problem with an age average of 21,00 (years) , height average of 174,2 (cm) and weight average of 69,62 (kg) have voluntarily participated in the study. The students participating in the study have been categorized according to their condition of doing exercise and addiction to smoking. Spirometer (Pony Fx, Italy) was used to determine pulmonary functions of students. In the statistical analysis of the obtained data SPSS program has been used. The normality distribution of the data has been identified with Shapiro-Wilk test. In the analysis of the data which have no normal distribution, Kruskal Wallis test and in the sub groups Mann- Whitney U test has been used. It has been determined that FVC, FEV1, FEF25-75% (L/s), PEF (L/s), VC and MVV values of the student groups who doing regular exercise are significantly higher than the student groups who do not (p<0,05). No statistically significant difference has been found in FEV1/FVC(%) value among the groups (p>0,05). It has been found that smoking addiction is effective on PEF value in a significant level (p<0,05).

The effects of smoking addiction and physical activity on some respiratory functions in female university students

“…Introduction 1 Smoking has a great number of negative effects on the systems in the human organism. Respiratory system is one of the systems most affected by smoking.…”

“…Respiratory system is one of the systems most affected by smoking. Smoking addiction is an important risk factor that causes hypersensitivity in the bronchi, congestion or contraction of airways and diseases such as asthma and lung cancer [1,2]. Diseases caused in the lungs by smoking spread from small airways to large airways [3].…”