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Table 1 Percentiles of performance for selected fitness tests by sex and age

From: Strong inverse association between physical fitness and overweight in adolescents: a large school-based survey

   

Boys

Girls

Age (yr)

N

Centile

Agility [10*5 m runs] (sec)

Multi-stage shuttle run (n)

Sprint [40 m] (sec)

Jump lateral (cm)

Jump vertical (cm)

Throw small ball (m)

Throw basket ball (m)

Sit up in 30 sec (n)

Push up in 60 sec (n)

Agility [10*5 m runs] (sec)

Multi-stage shuttle run (n)

Sprint [40 m] (sec)

Jump lateral (cm)

Jump vertical (cm)

Throw small ball (m)

Throw basket ball (m)

Sit up in 30 sec (n)

Push up in 60 sec (n)

12

545 boys

P10

23.9

1.8

8.2

135

23

13.6

4.0

12

9

25.6

1.5

9.0

118

22

9.4

3.7

8

12

 

505 girls

P25

22.8

2.8

7.6

150

26

16.6

4.5

15

14

24.3

1.8

8.3

129

25

11.1

4.1

11

15

  

P50

21.7

4.0

7.2

166

30

19.8

5.0

18

18

23.0

3.0

7.7

144

28

12.8

4.7

14

19

  

P75

20.7

5.8

6.8

182

33

22.9

5.6

21

23

21.8

4.0

7.2

160

31

15.1

5.1

17

23

  

P90

19.9

7.0

6.3

198

38

26.0

6.3

24

28

20.9

5.3

6.8

176

35

17.5

5.6

19

27

  

P95

19.4

7.5

6.1

207

40

28.0

6.9

26

31

20.3

6.3

6.5

185

37

19.0

6.0

21

29

13

631 boys

P10

23.7

2.0

8.0

140

26

15.5

4.5

13

10

25.5

1.5

9.0

118

23

10.0

4.0

8

11

 

593 girls

P25

22.1

3.0

7.2

160

29

18.4

5.0

15

15

24.0

2.0

8.0

131

26

12.0

4.5

11

15

  

P50

21.0

5.0

7.0

179

33

22.8

5.9

19

20

22.8

3.3

7.4

150

29

13.8

5.0

14

20

  

P75

20.0

6.5

6.2

198

38

27.3

6.8

22

26

21.6

4.8

7.0

166

33

16.3

5.6

18

23

  

P90

19.0

8.0

6.0

210

42

31.1

7.7

25

30

20.7

5.8

6.4

182

36

19.2

6.0

21

28

  

P95

18.6

8.3

5.8

220

45

34.0

8.0

26

33

20.0

6.3

6.0

192

39

21.0

6.3

22

30

14

658 boys

P10

23.0

2.5

8.0

150

27

18.0

5.0

14

11

25.0

5.8

8.6

185

37

20.6

6.2

21

29

 

648 girls

P25

21.5

4.0

7.0

172

31

22.0

6.0

17

16

23.7

4.8

8.0

170

33

17.5

6.0

18

25

  

P50

20.2

5.8

6.5

196

36

26.4

6.8

20

21

22.0

3.8

7.2

151

30

15.0

5.3

15

21

  

P75

19.4

7.0

6.0

211

40

31.7

7.6

23

28

21.0

2.3

6.9

135

27

12.2

4.9

12

17

  

P90

18.8

8.0

5.8

228

44

36.5

8.5

26

33

20.2

2.0

6.4

119

24

10.7

4.3

9

14

  

P95

18.3

8.8

5.6

236

47

39.0

9.0

28

38

19.9

1.5

6.0

113

22

9.9

4.0

6

11

15

503 boys

P10

22.7

3.5

7.2

165

30

20.0

6.0

15

13

25.1

2.0

8.8

120

24

11.0

4.5

9

12

 

516 girls

P25

21.2

5.0

6.9

190

34

25.1

6.6

18

17

24.0

2.8

8.0

138

27

13.0

5.0

11

16

  

P50

20.0

6.5

6.1

208

39

30.2

7.6

21

22

22.5

4.0

7.3

154

30

15.1

5.4

15

20

  

P75

19.1

8.0

6.0

225

43

35.6

8.3

24

28

21.2

5.0

7.0

172

34

18.3

6.0

18

25

  

P90

18.6

8.6

5.7

241

47

39.8

9.0

27

35

20.4

6.0

6.4

193

37

22.0

6.4

20

30

  

P95

18.0

9.2

5.4

247

49

42.6

9.6

28

40

20.0

6.5

6.0

200

39

24.1

6.8

23

34