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. 2020 Mar 5;11:298. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00298

TABLE 3.

Descriptive statistics for the health-related fitness indicators used in the Fit to Perform screening protocol by sex, as well as Mann–Whitney U tests for differences by sex.

Measure Women Men Total U, p
Lung function M ± SD

FEV1 2.890.56 3.940.94 3.290.88 1577.50, p < 0.001
FEV1%pred 89.5315.66 90.3118.61 89.8216.80 4736.00, p = 0.599
FVC 3.080.63 4.441.24 3.601.11 1401.50, p < 0.001
FVC%pred 83.0115.65 85.6821.07 84.0217.90 4676.50, p = 0.502
FEV1/FVC% 96.414.62 93.018.21 95.126.43 4020.00, p = 0.021
FEV1/FVC%pred 114.395.61 112.5810.04 113.707.63 4700.50, p = 0.538

Flexibility and range of motion % (n)

AT 1_R 96% (122) 97% (76) 97% (198) 4885.00, p = 0.600
AT 1_R pain 4% (5) 6% (5) 5% (10) 4830.50, p = 0.426
AT 1_L 97% (123) 94% (73) 96% (196) 4791.50, p = 0.270
AT 1_L pain 2% (2) 5% (4) 3% (6) 4777.00, p = 0.144
AT 2_R 81% (103) 73% (57) 78% (160) 4555.50, p = 0.179
AT 2_R pain 15% (19) 19% (15) 17% (34) 4741.50, p = 0.426
AT 2_L 91% (116) 89% (69) 90% (185) 4810.50, p = 0.501
AT 2_L pain 5% (6) 9% (7) 6% (13) 4742.50, p = 0.227

M ± SD

Beighton 2.221.95 1.551.70 1.971.88 3952.50, p = 0.013
R stretch 3.610.88 3.531.14 3.580.99 4811.00, p = 0.634
L stretch 2.971.39 2.881.46 2.941.41 4843.00, p = 0.769
Sit and reach 29.4110.39 23.9411.60 27.3311.16 3616.50, p = 0.001

Strength and endurance M ± SD

HG-R 26.694.82 39.387.46 31.868.69 4066.50, p < 0.001
HG-L 25.484.54 37.526.57 30.398.06 3869.50, p < 0.001
Plank 51.7613.72 55.2213.15 53.0713.58 4739.00, p = 0.585
Press-up 10.878.47 20.5013.38 14.5411.57 2664.50, p < 0.001

Cardiovascular fitness M ± SD

RecHR 105.5716.92 99.2317.65 102.9817.48 22249.50, p < 0.001

Physical activity M ± SD

Walking 1382.101169.37 1001.42828.27 1237.261066.70 4156.00, p = 0.053
Moderate 503.94815.38 503.85713.24 503.90776.30 4882.00, p = 0.859
Vigorous 604.721051.14 1130.261765.53 804.681387.23 3906.50, p = 0.008
Total PA 2490.762002.48 2635.532317.65 2545.842123.48 4881.50, p = 0.862

M, mean; SD, standard deviation. Measures, abbreviations, and units for each measure are provided in Table 2. Highlighted values in bold show statistically significant results.