Table 1.
Descriptive analysis of inmates' demographic characteristics and selected indices of physical fitness by duration of incarceration (N=116)
| Variables | ≤ 12 months (n=89) |
> 12 months (n=27) |
t-value | p-value | ||
| X | SD | X | SD | |||
| Age (yrs) | 28.28 | 7.69 | 29.26 | 8.07 | −.572 | .568 |
| Weight (kg) | 63.42 | 8.90 | 67.59 | 8.32 | −2.167 | .032* |
| Height (m) | 1.68 | 0.08 | 1.70 | 0.07 | −1.269 | .207 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 21.96 | 2.83 | 23.24 | 2.56 | −2.094 | .038* |
| WC (cm) | 76.67 | 3.55 | 85.85 | 3.71 | −11637 | .000* |
| SBP (mmHg) | 145.65 | 19.50 | 154.30 | 18.16 | −2.049 | .043* |
| DBP (mmHg) | 93.23 | 13.70 | 93.62 | 12.52 | −0.133 | .891* |
| VO2max (ml/kg/min) | 26.49 | 8.55 | 20.56 | 15.94 | 2.508 | .014* |
| Duration of Incarceration (months) |
4.12 | 3.56 | 28.41 | 14.14 | 14.857 | 000* |
*
Significant, P<0.05