TABLE 5.
Descriptive statistics for the health-related fitness indicators used in the Fit to Perform screening protocol by level of study, as well as Mann–Whitney U tests for differences by level of study.
| Measure | Undergraduate | Postgraduate | U, p |
| Lung function | M ± SD | ||
| FEV1 | 3.440.89 | 3.120.85 | 4150.00, p = 0.011 |
| FEV1%pred | 92.0714.42 | 87.2718.91 | 4636.50, p = 0.160 |
| FVC | 3.681.01 | 3.501.24 | 4504.50, p = 0.086 |
| FVC%pred | 84.1814.09 | 83.8421.51 | 5119.50, p = 0.791 |
| FEV1/FVC% | 95.965.46 | 94.167.29 | 4482.50, p = 0.072 |
| FEV1/FVC%pred | 114.646.50 | 112.648.65 | 4536.50, p = 0.099 |
| Flexibility and range of motion | % (n) | ||
| AT 1_R | 98% (107) | 95% (91) | 5055.50, p = 0.186 |
| AT 1_R pain | 4% (4) | 6% (6) | 5097.00, p = 0.393 |
| AT 1_L | 97% (106) | 94% (90) | 5049.00, p = 0.224 |
| AT 1_L pain | 3% (3) | 3% (3) | 5212.50, p = 0.875 |
| AT 2_R | 79% (86) | 77% (74) | 5137.00, p = 0.755 |
| AT 2_R pain | 14% (15) | 20% (19) | 4916.50, p = 0.248 |
| AT 2_L | 92% (100) | 89% (85) | 5064.50, p = 0.442 |
| AT 2_L pain | 6% (7) | 6% (6) | 5223.50, p = 0.960 |
| M ± SD | |||
| Beighton | 1.391.75 | 2.611.82 | 3026.50, p < 0.001 |
| R stretch | 3.521.12 | 3.640.81 | 5036.50, p = 0.523 |
| L stretch | 2.921.54 | 2.961.26 | 4966.00, p = 0.489 |
| Sit and reach | 26.2311.31 | 28.5710.92 | 4498.00, p = 0.083 |
| Strength and endurance | M ± SD | ||
| HG-R | 32.168.52 | 31.288.98 | 23643.00, p = 0.115 |
| HG-L | 30.678.03 | 29.848.10 | 23900.00, p = 0.162 |
| Plank | 50.7114.22 | 30.5622.90 | 2817.50, p < 0.000 |
| Press-up | 13.8910.95 | 15.2712.25 | 4916.50, p = 0.456 |
| Cardiovascular fitness | M ± SD | ||
| RecHR | 101.6317.49 | 105.7017.20 | 22021.50, p = 0.007 |
| Physical activity | M ± SD | ||
| Walking | 1256.42998.42 | 1215.501144.23 | 4709.00, p = 0.216 |
| Moderate | 453.58615.25 | 561.04926.05 | 5150.00, p = 0.842 |
| Vigorous | 875.231426.66 | 724.581344.00 | 5007.50, p = 0.579 |
| Total PA | 2585.231901.58 | 2501.132359.71 | 4722.00, p = 0.229 |
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.