Table 2.
Descriptive statistics for physical fitness measures by travel mode in boys and girls
| |
Boys |
Girls |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Passive |
Walking |
Cycling |
Passive |
Walking |
Cycling |
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| Mean | 95% CI | Mean | 95% CI | Mean | 95% CI | Mean | 95% CI | Mean | 95% CI | Mean | 95% CI | |
| BMI (kg ∙ m-2) |
17.2 |
[16.6 ; 17.8] |
17.1 |
[16.9 ; 17.3] |
17.1 |
[16.4 ; 17.8] |
17.4 |
[16.8 ; 18.0] |
17.4 |
[17.2 ; 17.7] |
17.2 |
[16.1 ; 18.5] |
| Sum of 4 skin folds (mm) |
31.3 |
[28.4 ; 34.6] |
31.4 |
[30.1 ; 32.7] |
30.7 |
[27.0 ; 35.0] |
42.2 |
[38.0 ; 46.8] |
42.1 |
[40.2 ; 44.1] |
40.4 |
[32.4 ; 50.4] |
| V̇O2 peak (mL O2/kg/min) |
49.4 |
[47.4 ; 51.6] |
48.4 |
[47.5 ; 49.3] |
49.0 |
[45.9 ; 52.2] |
44.1 |
[42.2 ; 45.9] |
42.9 |
[42.1 ; 43.7] |
42.3 |
[37.9 ; 46.7] |
| Jump length (cm) |
122.1 |
[117.8 ; 126.4] |
124.8 |
[123.0 ; 126.7] |
133.9 |
[127.5 ; 140.4] |
114.7 |
[110.8 ; 118.7] |
117.7 |
[115.8 ; 119.6] |
118.6 |
[112.4 ; 124.9] |
| Back extension (s) |
45.4 |
[39.0 ; 52.9] |
57.7 |
[54.3 ; 61.4] |
56.3 |
[45.5 ; 69.5] |
54.2 |
[46.1 ; 63.7] |
63.1 |
[59.5 ; 66.9] |
66.6 |
[47.8 ; 92.6] |
| Sit ups (numbers) | 13.0 | [12.0 ; 14.0] | 14.0 | [13.5 ; 14.4] | 14.9 | [13.2 ; 16.7] | 12.1 | [10.9 ; 13.2] | 12.5 | [12.0 ; 13.0] | 12.0 | [9.8 ; 14.3] |
Due to skewness BMI, Sum of skin folds, and Back extension were log transformed and the means of the logistically transformed data were then back-transformed to a geometric mean. All other are reported as arithmetic means.