Table 2.
Proportion (in percent) of adolescents who passed fitness tests with a result above the 75th percentile (P75) or above the 90th percentile (P90), by body weight status.
| Boys | Girls | |||||||||||
| >P75 | >P90 | >P75 | >P90 | |||||||||
| Shuttle run | ||||||||||||
| Lean | 19 | (14–24) | * | 8 | (5–12) | * | 32 | (26–38) | 14 | (9–18) | ||
| Normal | 30 | (28–32) | 15 | (13–17) | 29 | (27–32) | 11 | (10–13) | ||||
| Overweight | 8 | (4–12) | * | 3 | (0–5) | * | 8 | (5–11) | * | 1 | (0–3) | * |
| Obese | 1 | (0–4) | * | 0 | * | 1 | (0–3) | * | 0 | * | ||
| Sprint 40 m | ||||||||||||
| Lean | 21 | (15–26) | * | 6 | (2–9) | * | 36 | (30–42) | 13 | (8–17) | ||
| Normal | 37 | (35–39) | 16 | (14–17) | 37 | (35–40) | 12 | (10–13) | ||||
| Overweight | 11 | (6–15) | * | 2 | (0–4) | * | 20 | (15–25) | * | 3 | (1–5) | * |
| Obese | 1 | (0–4) | * | 0 | * | 3 | (0–7) | * | 0 | * | ||
| Agility 10*5 m | ||||||||||||
| Lean | 19 | (14–25) | * | 8 | (4–11) | * | 29 | (23–35) | 7 | (4–10) | * | |
| Normal | 32 | (30–35) | 13 | (11–15) | 29 | (27–31) | 13 | (11–14) | ||||
| Overweight | 6 | (3–10) | * | 2 | (0–4) | * | 14 | (10–18) | * | 3 | (1–5) | * |
| Obese | 3 | (0–7) | * | 0 | * | 4 | (0–8) | * | 1 | (0–3) | * | |
| Jump vertical | ||||||||||||
| Lean | 18 | (13–24) | * | 4 | (1–7) | * | 25 | (19–31) | 12 | (7–16) | ||
| Normal | 32 | (30–34) | 13 | (11–15) | 33 | (30–35) | 14 | (12–15) | ||||
| Overweight | 12 | (7–17) | * | 5 | (1–8) | * | 19 | (14–23) | * | 7 | (4–10) | * |
| Obese | 0 | * | 0 | * | 7 | (2–13) | * | 4 | (0–8) | * | ||
| Jump lateral | ||||||||||||
| Lean | 10 | (6–14) | * | 2 | (0–4) | * | 33 | (27–39) | 12 | (7–16) | ||
| Normal | 31 | (29–34) | 13 | (11–14) | 30 | (28–32) | 13 | (11–14) | ||||
| Overweight | 7 | (3–11) | * | 3 | (1–6) | * | 10 | (6–13) | * | 3 | (1–5) | * |
| Obese | 1 | (0–4) | * | 0 | * | 1 | (0–3) | * | 0 | * | ||
| Sit up in 30" | ||||||||||||
| Lean | 24 | (18–29) | * | 9 | (5–13) | 27 | (21–33) | 11 | (7–15) | |||
| Normal | 34 | (31–36) | 13 | (11–14) | 31 | (28–33) | 14 | (12–16) | ||||
| Overweight | 11 | (7–16) | * | 6 | (3–10) | * | 21 | (17–26) | * | 8 | (5–11) | * |
| Obese | 7 | (1–13) | * | 3 | (0–7) | * | 11 | (4–17) | * | 4 | (0–8) | * |
| Push up in 60" | ||||||||||||
| Lean | 21 | (16–27) | * | 7 | (4–10) | * | 29 | (23–35) | 10 | (6–14) | ||
| Normal | 30 | (28–32) | 13 | (12–15) | 31 | (29–33) | 12 | (10–14) | ||||
| Overweight | 7 | (3–11) | * | 2 | (0–4) | * | 26 | (21–31) | * | 10 | (6–14) | * |
| Obese | 6 | (0–11) | * | 1 | (0–4) | * | 15 | (8–22) | * | 7 | (2–13) | * |
| Throw small ball | ||||||||||||
| Lean | 4 | (1–7) | * | 0 | * | 11 | (7–15) | * | 3 | (1–5) | * | |
| Normal | 28 | (26–30) | 12 | (10–13) | 27 | (25–29) | 11 | (10–13) | ||||
| Overweight | 25 | (19–32) | 10 | (5–14) | 28 | (23–33) | 10 | (7–13) | ||||
| Obese | 16 | (7–25) | * | 3 | (0–7) | * | 30 | (20–39) | 11 | (4–17) | ||
| Throw basketball | ||||||||||||
| Lean | 3 | (1–5) | * | 0 | * | 5 | (2–8) | * | 1 | (0–2) | * | |
| Normal | 27 | (25–29) | 11 | (9–12) | 25 | (22–27) | 10 | (9–12) | ||||
| Overweight | 33 | (26–40) | 20 | (14–26) | * | 43 | (37–49) | * | 23 | (18–27) | * | |
| Obese | 46 | (35–58) | * | 25 | (14–35) | * | 50 | (40–60) | * | 21 | (13–20) | * |
BMI and fitness scores are standardized for age.
"Lean" refers to children with age and sex specific BMI <10th percentile.
95% confidence intervals are indicated between brackets.
* refers to statistically significant difference in comparison to children with "normal" weight (p < 0.05).