Active Commuting to University and its Association with Sociodemographic Factors and Physical Activity Levels in Chilean Students Barranco Ruiz, Yaira María Cruz León, Carolina Villa González, Emilio Palma Real, Ximena Chillón Garzón, Palma Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Fernando young adulthood Active transport Physical activity Health promotion University students Background and Objectives: Active commuting to and from university (ACU) could be a strategy to increase physical activity levels (PA) and promote health in young university students. We aimed to a) examine the patterns of commuting to university in Chilean students; b) the association between the mode of commuting to and from university and socio-demographic factors and PA-levels. Results: The main mode of commuting was by bus (to university: 55.2% vs. from university: 59.3%; p < 0.001). The least used mode was cycling (1.4% to and from university). Students living >5-km from university were less active commuters than those living in closer distances: (2–5 km, odds ratio (OR): 4.424, 95% and 95% confidence intervals (CI): 2.443–8.011, p < 0.001; 2 km, OR: 143.052, 95% CI: 55.154–371.030, p < 0.001). Students with low PA-levels were less active commuters than those with medium (OR: 1.446; 95% CI: 0.864–2.421; p = 0.160) or higher levels (OR: 1.880; 95% CI: 1.880–1.094; p = 0.022). Students who lived between 2 and 5 km, presented a significant association to be active commuters when they showed medium PA-levels (OR: 5.244, 95% CI: 1.358–20.246; p = 0.016). Conclusions: Chilean university students from Valparaíso are mainly passive commuters using public transport as the main mode of commuting to and from university; longer distances from home to the university are associated with low PA levels. ACU in distances between 2–5 km (mainly walking) could contribute to having medium PA-levels in Chilean university students. Thus, promoting the ACU walking to and from the university in such distances could be an e ective strategy to increase the overall PA levels in Chilean university students. 2019-10-16T07:38:37Z 2019-10-16T07:38:37Z 2019-05-17 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Barranco-Ruiz, Y., Cruz León, C., Villa-González, E., Palma Leal, X., Chillón, P., & Rodríguez-Rodríguez, F. (2019). Active Commuting to University and its Association with Sociodemographic Factors and Physical Activity Levels in Chilean Students. Medicina, 55(5), 152. http://hdl.handle.net/10481/57368 10.3390/medicina55050152 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Atribución 3.0 España Medicina