Table 3.
Percentage of Children in HFZ by Sex
| California | Delaware | Georgia | South Carolina | Texas | Virginia | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | |
| Elementary school | ||||||||||||
| Abdominal strength | 70.7 | 71.1 | 71 | 74 | 66 (64‐67) | 68 (67‐69) | 62.1 | 65.9 | 77.5 | 78.3 | 84.0 | 84.6 |
| Upper body strength | 60.8 | 66.2 | 59 | 72 | 52 (50‐53) | 65 (64‐66) | 47.8 | 63.1 | 68.6 | 74.7 | 72.6 | 77.9 |
| Flexibility | 77.1 | 67.0 | 75 | 68 | 72 (71‐73) | 68 (67‐69) | 63.8 | 60.2 | 77.9 | 69.4 | 87.1 | 81.7 |
| Middle school | ||||||||||||
| Abdominal strength | 78.1 | 80.9 | 79 | 83 | 73 (71‐74) | 76 (75‐78) | 72.5 | 74.3 | 79.4 | 82.2 | 88.5 | 89.7 |
| Extensor strength | 89.5 | 85.1 | 71 | 60 | 88 (76‐100) | 85 (72‐97) | 83.2 | 78.0 | 88.4 | 84.6 | 91.7 | 87.4 |
| Upper body strength | 66.4 | 66.8 | 66 | 63 | 65(63‐67) | 65 (64‐67) | 65.6 | 60.7 | 76.6 | 75.4 | 77.9 | 77.1 |
| Flexibility | 84.0 | 75.8 | 69 | 66 | 73 (72‐75) | 71 (70‐73) | 73 | 69.9 | 82.1 | 76.7 | 87.9 | 82.9 |
| High school | ||||||||||||
| Abdominal strength | 81.4 | 83.7 | 76 | 77 | 73 (71‐75) | 75 (73‐77) | 73.7 | 75.4 | 79.8 | 79.2 | 89.8 | 91.1 |
| Extensor strength | 91.7 | 87.8 | 86 | 81 | 93 (4‐182) | 98 (88‐108) | 82.6 | 77.8 | 92.2 | 90.6 | 92.7 | 90.7 |
| Upper body strength | 70.9 | 70.9 | 66 | 54 | 70 (68‐72) | 62 (60‐64) | 65.6 | 56.5 | 79.4 | 70.7 | 78.7 | 75.4 |
| Flexibility | 85.2 | 83.3 | 68 | 83 | 62 (59‐64) | 81 (79‐83) | 65.8 | 73.0 | 78.8 | 79.1 | 84.2 | 83.4 |
GA, school‐level data were averaged; the number of students was not available for individual schools. Range represents 95% CI N = 315 high schools, N = 395 middle schools, N = 1125 elementary schools.
SC, body composition for the elementary school includes grades 2 and 5.
VA, mean calculated from grade‐level data; elementary school includes grades 4‐5; middle school includes grades 6‐8; high school includes grades 9‐12.