Table 1.
Socio-demographic comparison of participants.
| Males (n = 607) |
Females (n = 622) |
Total (n = 1229) |
p-Value | Cohen’s d | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropometric Characteristics | |||||
| Age (years) | 14.53 (1.71) | 14.56 (1.72) | 14.54 (1.71) | 0.795 | 0.020 |
| Weight (kg) | 54.19 (7.78) | 52.75 (7.49) | 53.46 (7.66) | 0.002 | 0.188 |
| Height (cm) | 155.0 (11.85) | 150.5 (8.93) | 152.8 (10.7) | <0.001 | 0.429 |
| IMC (kg/m2) | 22.55 (2.25) | 23.25 (2.54) | 22.90 (2.43) | <0.001 | −0.291 |
| PAQ-A (score) | 2.41 (0.58) | 2.27 (0.57) | 2.34 (0.58) | <0.001 | 0.121 |
| IFIS | |||||
| General Fitness Status (Score) | 3.13 (0.619) | 2.97 (0.731) | 3.07 (0.685) | <0.001 | 0.236 |
| Very Good (%) | 0.8 | 0.4 | 2.4 | ||
| Good (%) | 9.6 | 16.4 | 13.0 | ||
| Acceptable (%) | 61.4 | 58.6 | 60.0 | ||
| Bad (%) | 28.2 | 21.0 | 24.6 | ||
| Very Bad (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cardiorespiratory Fitness (Score) | 3.28 (0.770) | 3.07 (0.766) | 3.17 (0.775) | <0.001 | 0.273 |
| Very Good (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Good (%) | 10.7 | 19.6 | 15.2 | ||
| Acceptable (%) | 59.9 | 60.7 | 60.3 | ||
| Bad (%) | 20.5 | 13.2 | 16.8 | ||
| Very Bad (%) | 8.9 | 6.6 | 7.7 | ||
| Muscular Strength (Score) | 2.99 (0.858) | 2.72 (0.874) | 2.85 (0.876) | <0.001 | 0.312 |
| Very Good (%) | 4.1 | 6.4 | 5.3 | ||
| Good (%) | 24.9 | 36.9 | 31.0 | ||
| Acceptable (%) | 38.9 | 35.5 | 37.2 | ||
| Bad (%) | 32.0 | 21.0 | 26.4 | ||
| Very Bad (%) | 0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | ||
| Speed Agility (Score) | 3.29 (0.931) | 3.06 (0.958) | 3.17 (0.951) | <0.001 | 0.243 |
| Very Good (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Good (%) | 20.5 | 31.5 | 26.0 | ||
| Acceptable (%) | 42.9 | 42.7 | 42.8 | ||
| Bad (%) | 24.1 | 14.3 | 19.1 | ||
| Very Bad (%) | 12.5 | 11.6 | 12.0 | ||
| Flexibility (Score) | 3.06 (0.737) | 3.04 (0.709) | 3.05 (0.723) | 0.585 | 0.028 |
| Very Good (%) | 1.8 | 0.8 | 1.3 | ||
| Good (%) | 15.7 | 17.3 | 16.5 | ||
| Acceptable (%) | 60.7 | 61.6 | 61.2 | ||
| Bad (%) | 18.5 | 17.0 | 17.7 | ||
| Very Bad (%) | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 | ||
p-value: sex differences were analysed using the Mann–Whitney U test for non-parametric variables.