Table 2. The differences in basic physical fitness between groups (gender and age) and within group (n=240).
| Groups | Age (yrs) | Basic physical fitness | Pulmonary function | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Right hand grip (kg) | Left hand grip (kg) | Sit and reach (cm) | Sargent jump (cm) | Single-leg stance (sec) | FVC (L) | FEV1 (L) | |||
| Boys | Period of early elementary school | 6 | 8.4±2.50 | 8.8±1.95 | 4.7±5.28 | 23.2±3.80 | 8.4±6.07 | 1.36±0.32 | 1.30±0.20 |
| 7 | 10.6±2.36 | 10.5±2.67 | 8.0±5.83 | 26.6±4.56 | 15.9±11.37 | 1.73±0.45 | 1.54±0.40 | ||
| 8 | 9.3±2.60 | 10.9±2.59 | 4.4±4.82 | 26.0±2.59 | 10.9±7.18 | 1.84±0.35 | 1.72±0.44 | ||
| Period of late elementary school | 9 | 12.5±1.47 | 14.1±3.32 | 5.6±6.35 | 28.1±3.69 | 25.8±19.00 | 2.00±0.38 | 1.85±0.41 | |
| 10 | 17.8±2.75 | 17.0±2.76 | 5.6±6.72 | 30.1±5.65 | 44.2±24.67 | 2.55±0.44 | 2.22±0.32 | ||
| 11 | 19.1±4.10 | 18.7±3.89 | 7.9±9.17 | 38.5±6.59 | 33.1±18.67 | 2.59±0.53 | 2.39±0.53 | ||
| 1<3*** | 1<2,3* | 1,2<3** | 1<2,3* | 1<3* | |||||
| Period of middle school | 12 | 20.9±7.52 | 21.8±9.11 | 2.2±9.62 | 38.5±5.52 | 26.3±17.33 | 3.43±0.70 | 3.19±0.62 | |
| 13 | 26.6±4.30 | 29.9±4.38 | 5.2±7.61 | 41.2±6.56 | 26.2±22.53 | 3.54±0.56 | 3.53±0.29 | ||
| 14 | 36.6±9.39 | 37.9±7.13 | 7.8±9.11 | 45.3±5.75 | 30.8±13.51 | 4.27±0.49 | 3.84±0.51 | ||
| 1<2,3** | 1,2<3** | 1,2<3* | |||||||
| Period of high school | 15 | 31.9±6.12 | 32.6±7.11 | 7.0±5.63 | 43.6±4.41 | 31.4±25.80 | 4.18±0.65 | 4.01±0.57 | |
| 16 | 36.3±0.35 | 38.5±0.85 | 12.1±2.25 | 43.5±0.50 | 52.5±6.50 | 4.60±0.72 | 4.39±0.66 | ||
| 17 | 36.8±3.04 | 38.3±2.86 | 11.5±9.51 | 47.6±9.82 | 36.4±22.78 | 4.12±0.70 | 3.85±0.65 | ||
| Girls | Period of early elementary school | 6 | 7.7±1.87 | 8.5±2.05 | 9.4±3.31 | 22.1±4.14 | 11.1±7.90 | 1.46±0.26 | 1.23±0.21 |
| 7 | 8.8±1.58 | 9.2±1.95 | 10.8±3.78 | 25.9±6.09 | 16.3±15.78 | 1.43±0.27 | 1.31±0.27 | ||
| 8 | 9.3±1.82 | 9.3±3.45 | 6.1±3.75 | 25.0±3.13 | 4.3±2.09 | 1.66±0.28 | 1.57±0.28 | ||
| 3<1* | |||||||||
| Period of late elementary school | 9 | 10.2±3.03 | 10.9±3.22 | 6.4±6.23 | 27.9±4.42 | 23.9±17.79 | 1.83±0.41 | 1.58±0.31 | |
| 10 | 12.7±2.68 | 13.8±4.00 | 9.8±8.54 | 30.0±4.83 | 29.6±21.72 | 2.04±0.59 | 1.93±0.53 | ||
| 11 | 16.8±3.53 | 17.4±3.99 | 10.8±7.40 | 30.4±8.67 | 35.4±22.81 | 2.54±0.39 | 2.33±0.34 | ||
| 1<3*** | 1,2<3** | 1<3* | 1<3* | ||||||
| Period of middle school | 12 | 18.9±2.55 | 20.0±1.93 | 13.4±8.53 | 33.6±5.85 | 12.6±5.73 | 2.63±0.44 | 2.49±0.37 | |
| 13 | 21.7±4.83 | 22.6±4.83 | 10.3±8.73 | 29.8±2.57 | 27.8±20.37 | 2.61±0.32 | 2.58±0.24 | ||
| 14 | 20.1±2.70 | 21.7±3.63 | 11.7±8.34 | 28.4±4.03 | 37.4±22.33 | 2.51±0.57 | 2.30±0.50 | ||
| Period of high school | 15 | 23.6±2.42 | 25.5±3.99 | 10.9±11.31 | 29.8±7.80 | 23.3±19.16 | 2.78±0.37 | 2.68±0.37 | |
| 16 | 22.2±3.93 | 24.1±4.04 | 15.3±10.66 | 29.6±4.13 | 30.2±15.85 | 3.01±0.47 | 2.85±0.37 | ||
| 17 | 20.2±3.23 | 23.0±3.41 | 10.3±11.70 | 28.9±5.05 | 24.7±6.58 | 2.92±0.21 | 2.81±0.16 | ||
Values represent means ± SD. FVC: Forced Vital Capacity, FEV1: Forced expiratory volume in 1 second. *: significant difference within group (* p<0.05, ** p<0.01, *** p<0.001)