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Table 3 Physical fitness scores among school age children

From: Relationship between breakfast consumption, BMI status and physical fitness of Ghanaian school-aged children

Fitness test

Total

Boys

Girls

P-value

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

 

Hand grip (kg)

4.4

2.2

4.1

2.4

4.5

1.9

0.069

Forward jump (cm)

4.6

2.1

4.1

2.2

5.0

1.8

< 0.001

Sit ups (s)

3.7

2.0

3.9

2.1

3.5

1.7

0.028

Flexibility (cm)

1.1

0.6

1.0

0.1

1.1

0.9

0.120

50 m run (s)

6.4

2.5

6.0

2.6

6.6

2.4

0.002

Total physical fitness score

20.1

7.3

19.2

8.3

21.0

6.2

0.012

  1. Raw scores have been converted to standard scores ranging from one to ten for age and gender for physical fitness standards for Japanese children. N = 433