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Table 4 Adjusted estimates in fitness measures between passive transport, walking, and bicycling

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

 

Passive

Walking

Cycling

Test of transport mode (p-values)

Walking vs. passive

Cycling vs. passive

Cycling vs. walking

Number of observations

Interaction

BMI (kg ∙ m-2)

18.6

18.4

18.2

0.357

-

-

-

1685

-

Sum of 4 skin folds (mm)

M: 32.2

M: 32.8

M: 29.3

 

M: 0.597

M: 0.065

M: 0.012

1682

Gender X Transport

F: 48.9

F: 45.9

F: 47.3

0.043

F: 0.077

F: 0.547

F:0.545

V̇O2peak

M: 50.2

M: 49.4

M: 52.2

0.001

M: 0.319

M: 0.042

M: 0.002

1086

Age X Transport

(mL O2/kg/min)

F: 42.3

F:42.8

F:42.2

F: 0.536

F: 0.536

F: 0.559

 

Gender X Transport

C: 47.0

C: 45.7

C:45.3

C: 0.083

C: 0.213

C: 0.743

A:45.6

A:46.5

A:49.1

A: 0.214

A: 0.000

A: 0.003

Jump length (cm)

M: 151.1

M: 146.7

M: 161.1

0.000

M: 0.017

M: 0.000

M: 0.000

1678

Gender X Transport

F: 127.4

F: 133.6

F: 131.7

F: 0.001

F: 0.001

F: 0.472

Back extension (s)

C:50.3

C: 60.5

C: 60.7

0.015

C: 0.000

C: 0.024

C: 0.964

1673

Age X Transport

A: 116.4

A: 115.3

A: 115.5

A: 0.855

A: 0.855

A: 0.979

Sit-ups (numbers)

15.6

15.8

16.5

0.065

-

-

-

1672

-

  1. Multiple regression analysis, adjustedor stratified for age, gender, and LTPA level. In case of interaction the analysis was stratified by the interaction term. Estimates based on average age, sex and LTPA.
  2. M:male (boys and adolescent males).
  3. F: female (girls and adolescent females).
  4. C. = children (9 year old).
  5. A. = adolescents (15 year old).
  6. note: BMI and S4SF, Back extension was log transformed in order to meet model requirements.