Lung capacity of smoker and non-smoker among university athletes / Siti Nur Amira Akmam Mohd Nazli

Purpose. The purpose of this study is to compare lung function of smokers and non-smokers among university athletes. Methods. The study included 40 male participants, aged 19 to 28 years, full-time students and have represented at for least Sukan Antara Fakulti (SAF) 2017. All participants underwent pulmonary function test. Measurements included forced vital capacity (FVC), Force Expiratory Volume in one second (FEVl), and best of FEVI/FVC. Result. The values of FEVl showed that there were a statistically no significant differences between smoker and non-smoker on FEV1 at p level > 0.05 (p = 0.265) while FVC result showed a statistically no significant differences between smoker and non-smoker university athletes on FVC were shown at p level > 0.05 (p = 0.066). Non-smoker group has better result compared to the smoker group for best FEVI/FVC where result showed no significant different in result of best FEV1 and FVC among athletes at p level < 0.05 (p = 0.524). Conclusion. The study shows that the non-smokers of university athletes have better lung capacity compared to smokers of university athletes.