Table 3.
Baseline measures and follow-up results for all outcome variables
| Gender assessment time |
Multi-stage fitness test |
Standing broad jump |
BMI-for-age |
Depression-like syndrome |
Anxiety-like syndrome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (km/hr) | (cm) | (z-score) | (score) | (score) | |
|
Intervention group: crude mean (SD) | |||||
| Boys |
n = 73 |
n = 73 |
n = 74 |
n = 74 |
n = 74 |
| Baseline |
11.14 (0.97) |
187.55 (20.85)* |
-0.65 (0.80) |
21.20 (11.61)* |
8.14 (4.50) |
| Follow-up |
11.46 (0.96)# |
181.59 (21.12)# |
-0.74 (0.84) |
24.35 (13.92) |
8.73 (4.90) |
| Girls |
n = 81 |
n = 81 |
n = 81 |
n = 81 |
n = 81 |
| Baseline |
10.10 (0.97)* |
166.53 (17.74) |
-0.27 (0.86) |
31.74 (13.97) |
10.13 (4.66) |
| Follow-up |
10.43 (0.95)# |
167.52 (17.39) |
-0.32 (0.75) |
30.14 (14.16) |
9.30 (4.68) |
|
Wait-listed group: crude mean (SD) | |||||
| Boys |
n = 72 |
n = 71 |
n = 72 |
n = 71 |
n = 71 |
| Baseline |
11.10 (0.93) |
184.21 (19.62) |
-0.64 (0.85) |
24.79 (13.16) |
9.01 (5.16) |
| Follow-up |
11.58 (0.94)# |
186.55 (20.52) |
-0.71 (0.90) |
18.63 (10.32)# |
7.31 (3.71)# |
|
Non-registered group: crude mean (SD) | |||||
| Boys |
n = 470 |
n = 467 |
n = 472 |
n = 468 |
n = 468 |
| Baseline |
10.96 (1.03) |
181.80 (20.58)* |
-0.66 (0.90) |
24.91 (12.27)* |
8.77 (4.48) |
| Follow-up |
11.29 (1.08)# |
181.68 (21.94) |
-0.67 (0.89) |
22.96 (12.30)# |
7.87 (4.34)# |
| Girls |
n = 750 |
n = 755 |
n = 763 |
n = 760 |
n = 760 |
| Baseline |
9.70 (0.99)* |
163.42 (17.53) |
-0.21 (0.90) |
32.37 (14.66) |
10.35 (4.74) |
| Follow-up | 10.19 (1.12)# | 163.29 (19.31) | -0.25 (0.88)# | 30.38 (13.64)# | 9.60 (4.23)# |
*Statistically significant between-group difference at baseline (p < 0.05).
#Statistically significant within-group change (p < 0.05).