## 3 Results
### Group That Does Not Practice Exercise  
Exercising was one of the variables included in this study. Therefore, it is considered pertinent for possible comparisons to include descriptive and statistical analyses of the sample members who reported not practicing exercise.  
Table 8 shows the results referring to the means, standard deviations, amplitudes, and 95% CIs for the different dimensions of the Mental Health Inventory for the group that does not practice PE.  
The sum of all dimensions (total) presented a mean value of 138.66 (\(\pm\)31.06) and CIs between 58 and 199, corresponding to a moderate level of mental health.  
In Table 9, the correlations between the Mental Health Inventory variables, together with age, BMI, and the mean PE practice time per session (in min), are shown.  
The \(p\) < 0.05; **, \(p\) < 0.01.  
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c c} \hline  & **Mean \(\pm\) SD** & **Min–Max** & **(95\% CI)** \\ \hline Anxiety & 36.30 \(\pm\) 9.93 & (10–60) & (14–60) \\ Depression & 18.33 \(\pm\) 4.33 & (5–29) & (6–27) \\ Loss of Behavioral/Emotional Control & 36.26 \(\pm\) 8.80 & (9–77) & (12–51) \\ General Positive Affect & 35.63 \(\pm\) 8.76 & (11–66) & (16–52) \\ Emotional Ties & 12.12 \(\pm\) 3.19 & (3–18) & (4–18) \\ Psychological Distress & 90.90 \(\pm\) 21.85 & (24–166) & (36–136) \\ Psychological Well-Being & 47.75 \(\pm\) 10.90 & (14–84) & (22–70) \\ Total score—Mental Health Inventory & 138.66 \(\pm\) 31.06 & (38–250) & (58–199) \\ \hline \end{tabular} Notes: SD, standard deviation; CI, confidence interval.  
\end{table}
Table 8: Mental Health Inventory scores of the non-exercise group.  
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c c c} \hline  & **1** & **2** & **3** & **4** & **5** & **6** & **7** & **8** & **9** & **10** \\ \hline \multicolumn{1}{c}{1. Age (years)} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{1} & & & & & & & & \\ \hline
2. BMI (kg/m\({}^{2}\)) & 0.216 * & 1 & & & & & & & & \\ \hline
3. Anxiety & 0.037 & \(-\)0.028 & 1 & & & & & & & \\ \hline
4. Depression & 0.030 & \(-\)0.089 & 0.862 ** & 1 & & & & & & \\ \hline
5. Loss of Behavioral/Emotional Control & 0.068 & \(-\)0.126 & 0.820 ** & 0.849 ** & 1 & & & & \\ \hline
6. General Positive Affect & \(-\)0.063 & \(-\)0.094 & 0.730 ** & 0.717 ** & 0.718 ** & 1 & & & \\ \hline
7. Emotional Ties & 0.064 & \(-\)0.015 & 0.527 ** & 0.469 ** & 0.530 ** & 0.568 ** & 1 & & \\ \hline
8. Psychological Distress & 0.050 & \(-\)0.082 & 0.956 ** & 0.932 ** & 0.944 ** & 0.764 * & 0.546 ** & 1 & \\ \hline
9. Psychological & \(-\)0.032 & \(-\)0.080 & 0.741 ** & 0.714 ** & 0.733 ** & 0.971 ** & 0.750 ** & 0.774 ** & 1 \\ Well-Being & & & & & & & & & \\ \hline
10. Total score—Mental Health Inventory & 0.024 & \(-\)0.086 & 0.932 ** & 0.906 ** & 0.921 ** & 0.878 ** & 0.647 ** & 0.975 ** & 0.895 ** & 1 \\ \hline \end{tabular} Notes: *, \(p\) < 0.05; **, \(p\) < 0.01.  
\end{table}
Table 9: Bivariate correlations between the variables in the studies for the group not practicing PE.  
Interpreting Table 9, it can be observed that only the age variable established a small positive correlation with the BMI variable (\(r\) = 0.216, \(p\) < 0.05). Apart from the association with variable age, BMI did not correlate with any other variable. As this group included only individuals who do not engage in PA, the columns related to the variable mean practice time were not included in this table. Like the previous groups, the variables related to the Mental Health Inventory dimensions established moderate-to-strong positive correlations among themselves, which was to be expected.