Table 5.
Interaction effect of age and gender for PF tests (N = 349).
Year Group | Boys (n = 165) | Girls (n = 184) | d | ||||||||
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EMM | SE | df | Lower CL | Upper CL | EMM | SE | df | Lower CL | Upper CL | ||
Sit-ups | |||||||||||
6 yo | 4.07 | 0.40 | 873.67 | 3.01 | 5.13 | 4.13 | 0.40 | 873.67 | 3.09 | 5.18 | −0.02 |
9 yo | 19.03 | 0.40 | 873.67 | 17.98 | 20.09 | 16.22 | 0.40 | 873.67 | 15.17 | 17.26 | 0.65 ## |
12 yo | 12.95 | 0.40 | 873.67 | 11.89 | 14.01 | 10.36 | 0.40 | 873.67 | 9.32 | 11.41 | 0.60 ## |
Push-ups | |||||||||||
6 yo | 10.89 | 0.44 | 979.07 | 9.73 | 12.05 | 9.33 | 0.43 | 979.07 | 8.18 | 10.47 | 0.31 # |
9 yo | 21.47 | 0.44 | 979.07 | 20.31 | 22.62 | 16.07 | 0.43 | 979.07 | 14.93 | 17.21 | 1.05 ### |
12 yo | 18.53 | 0.44 | 979.07 | 17.37 | 19.69 | 11.84 | 0.43 | 979.07 | 10.70 | 12.99 | 1.30 ### |
VO2max ^ | |||||||||||
9 yo | 43.61 | 0.37 | 576.56 | 42.68 | 44.54 | 40.85 | 0.37 | 576.56 | 39.93 | 41.76 | 0.78 ## |
12 yo | 44.53 | 0.37 | 576.56 | 43.61 | 45.46 | 39.17 | 0.37 | 576.56 | 38.25 | 40.08 | 1.51 ### |
EMM = Estimate marginal mean; df = Degrees of freedom; CL = Confidence level; d = Effect size; # = Small practical significance; ## = Medium practical significance; ### = Strong practical significance; ^ = Not measured in 2010; yo = Years old.