Comparative Study of Selected Physiological Parameters of Active and Sedentary Women of Hathras

Abstract

The main aim of the study was to compare the selected physiological parameters of active women and sedentary women. The subjects for active women were 30 women of Hathras city who were involved in some kind of physical activity such as jogging, walking, aerobic exercises, yoga or does workout in gym; whereas for sedentary women 30 house wife women of Hathras city who were either very less or not at all involved in any kind of physical activities were randomly selected. Age of the subjects ranging from 25 to 30 yrs. The selected physiological variables were heart rate, blood pressure (systolic and diastolic), vital capacity and fat percentage. The dependent ‘t’ test was used for computing the data. For testing the hypothesis the level of significance was set at 0.05 level of confidence. The study concluded that the selected variables of subjects of active women and sedentary women differ significantly in vital capacity, heart rate and fat percentage from each other