Table 6 Children's extracurricular sports participation by cardiorespiratory fitness, measured by a 1.6 km run/walk time (minutes) and PWC170 (kgm.kg^-1.min^-1)

1.6 km run/walk (mins and secs)

PWC170 (kgm.kg-1.min-1)

Boys

Girls

Boys

Girls

8 m 18 s (3.6 s)

(n = 727)

10 m 6 s (4.8)

(n = 838)

14.5 (0.21)

(n = 339)

10.6 (0.17)

(n = 382)

8 m 12 s (3.0 s)

(n = 837)

9 m 54 s (4.2)

(n = 788)

14.6 (0.17)

(n = 358)

11.0 (0.15)

(n = 358)

8 m 0 s (3.0 s)

(n = 696)

9 m 42 s (4. 2)

(n = 607)

14.7 (0.16)

(n = 314)

11.5 (0.16)

(n = 268)

7 m 48 s (3.6 s)

(n = 814)

9 m 24 s (4.8)

(n = 652)

14.9 (0.19)

(n = 322)

11.9 (0.21)

(n = 278)

p < 0.001

p < 0.001

p = 0.09

p < 0.001