Table 4.
Descriptive statistics for child-level variables.
| Child-level variables | Sea level (S) (n=1963) | Amazon region (A) (n=4466) | High altitude (H) (n=2139) | F | Post hoc among areas |
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| Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | |||
| Biological characteristics | |||||
| Age (yrs) | 11.20 ± 2.98 | 10.78 ± 2.87 | 11.61 ± 2.84 | 62.45∗ | H > S > A |
| Maturity offset (yrs to PHV) | −1.27 ± 2.30 | −1.89 ± 2.28 | −1.30 ± 2.25 | 75.19∗ | A < S; A < H |
| PFz | 0.46 ± 1.76 | 0.52 ± 1.53 | −1.46 ± 1.13 | 1371.35∗ | H < S; H < A |
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| Sex | |||||
| Girls | 1200 (61.1) | 2355 (52.7) | 1099 (51.4) | 48.69∗ | |
| Boys | 763 (38.9) | 2111 (47.3) | 1040 (48.6) | ||
∗ p < 0.05; PFz = total physical fitness score.