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Table 2 Spearman correlations between historical leisure activity, physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness in childhood and adulthood

From: Childhood and adolescent predictors of leisure time physical activity during the transition from adolescence to adulthood: a population based cohort study

HLAQ

Childhood Measures, by age‡

Adult Measures^

Total Activity†

Sport

1.6 km run

LPAtot

PWC170

 

Younger

Older

Younger

Older

  

Males

      

15-19 years

0.07

0.22**

0.03

0.12¶

0.14**

0.09\\

20-24 years

0.10¶

0.20**

0.08

0.07

0.22**

0.13**

25-29 years

0.09¶

0.15\\

0.08

-0.03

0.31**

0.23**

Females

      

15-19 years

0.09¶

0.23**

0.08¶

0.20**

0.13**

0.12**

20-24 years

0.01

0.13¶

0.04

0.20**

0.21**

0.19**

25-29 years

0.01

0.18**

0.07

0.21**

0.37**

0.29**

  1. †By age period
  2. HLAQ = Historical Leisure Activity Questionnaire; Sport = participation in school and extracurricular sport during the past week; LPAtot = total past-week leisure physical activity (International Physical Activity Questionnaire); PWC170 = physical working capacity at 170 beats/minute
  3. Younger (9-12 years), Older (13-15 years)
  4. ‡Childhood Measures; Males, Younger (n = 511), Older (n = 369). Females, Younger (n = 628), Older (n = 402)
  5. ^Adult measures; Males (n = 1,057), Females (n = 1,305)
  6. ¶p < 0.05
  7. \\p < 0.01
  8. **p < 0.001
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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

ISSN: 1479-5868

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