Physical activity and present and previous participation in different sports in adolescents, aged 13–18 yrs, attending both questionnaire and spirometry in the YOUNG-HUNT study
| Age 13–15 yrs | Age 16–18 yrs | Total | |||
| Males | Females | Males | Females | ||
| Exercise until sweaty ≥4 days·week−1 (outside school) | 610 (33) | 424 (23) | 501 (32) | 325 (21) | 1860 (27) |
| Exercise until sweaty 2–3 days·week−1 (outside school) | 765 (42) | 895 (48) | 509 (33) | 601 (39) | 2770 (41) |
| Exercise until sweaty ≤1 days·week−1 (outside school) | 444 (24) | 552 (29) | 530 (34) | 611 (40) | 2137 (31) |
| Join in sports competitions | 979 (53) | 934 (50) | 634 (41) | 481 (31) | 3028 (45) |
| Participate or previously participated in sports | |||||
| Individual high endurance sports (cross-country skiing, cycling, running) | 583 (32) | 451 (24) | 496 (32) | 355 (23) | 1885 (28) |
| Individual low endurance sports (slalom, ski jumping, horseback riding, gymnastics) | 340 (19) | 717 (38) | 209 (14) | 584 (38) | 1850 (27) |
| Body-building and fight sports (body-building, weight lifting, wrestling, judo, karate and similar fight sports) | 243 (13) | 75 (4) | 271 (18) | 123 (8) | 712 (11) |
| Swimming | 178 (10) | 188 (10) | 136 (9) | 148 (10) | 650 (10) |
| Team sports (football/soccer, handball, basket ball, volley ball) | 1327 (72) | 1354 (72) | 1113 (72) | 1083 (70) | 4877 (72) |
Data are presented as n (%)
Adolescents who reported ever having asthma were excluded. n=6811
25 males and 19 females did not answer the question of days with exercise·week−1