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. 2019 Jan 17;19:25. doi: 10.1186/s12887-018-1384-4

Table 2.

Summary of the relationship between aerobic fitness and academic performance in various subjects

Average scores of 3F, 2F, F3, and 1F groups 0F group % of outperformance relative to 0F group
Math 54.2 50.8 6.7%
Science 54.1 50.8 6.5%
Social science 54.3 51.2 6.1%
Foreign language 54.2 51.4 5.5%
Language 53.6 51.4 4.3%

Note. 3F group = highly fit in all years; 2F group = highly fit in any two years; F3 group = highly fit only in year 3; 1F group = highly fit in year 1 or 2 but not both; 0F group = never highly fit