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. 2021 Nov 10;11:22019. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-01401-4

Table 5.

Age-adjusted means (standard errors are given in parentheses) by stage of maturity within age groups and ANCOVA results with decimal age, body height, and body mass as covariates.

Variable Under 13 F(p) η2 Under 14 F(p) η2 Under 15 F(p) η2
Early (n = 113) Average (n = 120) Early (n = 186) Average (n = 178) Early (n = 91) Average (n = 130)
Standing reach (cm) 226.7 (0.7) 226.8 (0.7) 0.35 (ns) 236.3 (0.7) 235.4 (0.7) 2.03 (ns) 243.0 (0.8) 243.5 (0.7) 0.88 (ns)
5 m (s) 1.159 (0.017) 1.200 (0.017) 3.73 (*) 0.03 1.150 (0.011) 1.136 (0.012) 0.50 (ns) 1.124 (0.010) 1.141 (0.008) 0.50 (ns)
10 m (s) 1.972 (0.022) 2.030 (0.023) 5.13 (**) 0.04 1.931 (0.015) 1.912 (0.015) 0.75 (ns) 1.892 (0.020) 1.895 (0.015) 0.20 (ns)
20 m (s) 3.453 (0.036) 3.534 (0.036) 5.26 (**) 0.04 3.321 (0.024) 3.286 (0.023) 0.42 (ns) 3.234 (0.031) 3.234 (0.024) 0.09 (ns)
Agility—S1 (s) 1.617 (0.026) 1.607 (0.026) 0.15 (ns) 1.551 (0.021) 1.563 (0.021) 0.20 (ns) 1.542 (0.024) 1.560 (0.019) 1.38 (ns)
Agility—S2 (s) 5.236 (0.113) 5.712 (0.115) 4.68 (*) 0.04 5.333 (0.061) 5.272 (0.061) 0.60 (ns) 5.213 (0.107) 5.187 (0.084) 1.69 (ns)
Agility—S3 (s) 7.087 (0.115) 7.526 (0.117) 6.99 (**) 0.06 7.072 (0.075) 7.013 (0.074) 0.70 (ns) 6.861 (0.107) 6.945 (0.084) 1.25 (ns)
Agility—S4 (s) 9.402 (0.149) 9.781 (0.152) 4.67 (*) 0.04 9.241 (0.105) 9.141 (0.104) 2.36 (ns) 8.929 (0.136) 9.065 (0.107) 0.70 (ns)
Agility—S5 (s) 12.778 (0.191) 13.336 (0.195) 6.26 (**) 0.05 12.528 (0.130) 12.410 (0.129) 1.93 (ns) 12.095 (0.169) 12.272 (0.133) 1.22 (ns)
AgilityTotal (s) 14.672 (0.217) 15.247 (0.221) 6.37 (**) 0.05 14.341 (0.148) 14.191 (0.146) 2.02 (ns) 13.840 (0.188) 14.021 (0.148) 1.41 (ns)
SVJmax (cm) 270.8 (1.3) 267.7 (1.3) 3.46 (*) 0.03 285.0 (1.0) 284.5 (1.0) 1.30 (ns) 293.1 (1.4) 294.3 (1.1) 0.86 (ns)
VJmax (cm) 284.1 (1.5) 280.0 (1.5) 6.94 (**) 0.06 297.2 (1.3) 297.7 (1.2) 0.70 (ns) 309.7 (1.7) 312.2 (1.3) 2.54 (ns)
SVJ (cm) 44.1 (1.2) 40.8 (1.2) 5.13 (*) 0.04 48.7 (0.9) 49.1 (0.9) 0.36 (ns) 50.1 (1.3) 50.8 (1.0) 1.94 (ns)
VJ (cm) 57.4 (1.5) 53.1 (1.5) 5.89 (**) 0.05 60.9 (1.2) 62.3 (1.2) 9.87 (***) 0.05 66.7 (1.6) 68.9 (1.2) 7.54 (**) 0.07
Yo-Yo distance (m) 1146 (78) 939 (80) 3.14 (*) 0.03 1334 (67) 1389 (66) 4.87 (**) 0.03 1374 (110) 1437 (87) 3.87 (*) 0.03
Yo-Yo VO2max (ml/kg/min) 46.0 (0.7) 44.3 (0.7) 3.13 (*) 0.03 47.6 (0.6) 48.1 (0.6) 4.88 (**) 0.03 47.9 (0.9) 48.5 (0.7) 3.86 (*) 0.03

S1–S5 stages, SVJ standing vertical jump, VJ vertical jump, ns nonsignificant difference.

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.