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Table 2 Descriptive statistics for physical fitness measures by travel mode in boys and girls

From: Cross sectional analysis of the association between mode of school transportation and physical fitness in children and adolescents

 

Boys

Girls

 

Passive

Walking

Cycling

Passive

Walking

Cycling

 

Mean

95% CI

Mean

95% CI

Mean

95% CI

Mean

95% CI

Mean

95% CI

Mean

95% CI

BMI (kg ∙ m-2)

17.2

[16.6 ; 17.8]

17.1

[16.9 ; 17.3]

17.1

[16.4 ; 17.8]

17.4

[16.8 ; 18.0]

17.4

[17.2 ; 17.7]

17.2

[16.1 ; 18.5]

Sum of 4 skin folds (mm)

31.3

[28.4 ; 34.6]

31.4

[30.1 ; 32.7]

30.7

[27.0 ; 35.0]

42.2

[38.0 ; 46.8]

42.1

[40.2 ; 44.1]

40.4

[32.4 ; 50.4]

V̇O2 peak (mL O2/kg/min)

49.4

[47.4 ; 51.6]

48.4

[47.5 ; 49.3]

49.0

[45.9 ; 52.2]

44.1

[42.2 ; 45.9]

42.9

[42.1 ; 43.7]

42.3

[37.9 ; 46.7]

Jump length (cm)

122.1

[117.8 ; 126.4]

124.8

[123.0 ; 126.7]

133.9

[127.5 ; 140.4]

114.7

[110.8 ; 118.7]

117.7

[115.8 ; 119.6]

118.6

[112.4 ; 124.9]

Back extension (s)

45.4

[39.0 ; 52.9]

57.7

[54.3 ; 61.4]

56.3

[45.5 ; 69.5]

54.2

[46.1 ; 63.7]

63.1

[59.5 ; 66.9]

66.6

[47.8 ; 92.6]

Sit ups (numbers)

13.0

[12.0 ; 14.0]

14.0

[13.5 ; 14.4]

14.9

[13.2 ; 16.7]

12.1

[10.9 ; 13.2]

12.5

[12.0 ; 13.0]

12.0

[9.8 ; 14.3]

  1. Due to skewness BMI, Sum of skin folds, and Back extension were log transformed and the means of the logistically transformed data were then back-transformed to a geometric mean. All other are reported as arithmetic means.