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Table 3 Percent of participants according to number of years of participation in sports, fitness and dance and running during the five years of high school, n = 673

From: Number of years of participation in some, but not all, types of physical activity during adolescence predicts level of physical activity in adulthood: Results from a 13-year study

 

Number of years

 
 

0

1

2

3

4

5

 
 

%

%

%

%

%

%

p a

Sports

       

  Total

10

10

13

12

21

35

 

  Boys

5

4

5

8

25

54

 

  Girls

14

15

19

15

17

20

<.0001

Fitness and Dance

       

  Total

36

23

14

12

7

9

 

  Boys

46

26

11

9

3

5

 

  Girls

26

20

17

14

11

12

<.0001

Running

       

  Total

8

11

17

16

18

30

 

  Boys

7

8

15

18

20

31

 

  Girls

9

14

18

13

16

30

0.046

  1. aChi square test (5 df) on difference of distribution between boys and girls
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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

ISSN: 1479-5868

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