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.