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

BMC Nutrition

Table 5 Comparing individual physical fitness scores by BMI status and their correlations

	Thinness	Normal	Overweight/obese	P-value	BMI z-score
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD		Correlation	P value
Hand grip (kg)	3.0 ± 1.9^a	4.3 ± 2.1^b	5.0 ± 2.1^c	0.006*	0.21	< 0.001
Forward jump (cm)	3.6 ± 2.4	4.6 ± 2.3	4.5 ± 1.7	0.235	0.06	0.199
Sit ups (s)	4.1 ± 2.0	3.7 ± 2.0	3.2 ± 1.9	0.105	−0.11	0.027
Flexibility (cm)	1.0 ± 0.2	1.1 ± 0.7	1.1 ± 0.4	0.235	−0.02	0.575
50 m run (s)	4.9 ± 2.7	6.5 ± 2.5	5.6 ± 2.3	0.088	−0.05	0.292
Total physical activity score	16.1 ± 8.5	20.3 ± 7.4	19.6 ± 5.9	0.445	0.03	0.565

Partial correlations are controlled for age. Correlations between fitness scores and MUAC were all not significant and not presented

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