Tracking of Physical Fitness of Primary School Children in Trier: A 4-Year Longitudinal Study

Table 4

rmANOVA results for longitudinal cohort 1 (LC 1) and longitudinal cohort 2 (LC 2).

Task	LC (start year)	Effects			Eta^2 =
20 m sprint (sec)	LC 1 (2008)	Time	552.18	<.01	.688
		Sex	5.69	.02	.022
		Timesex	0.66	.42	.003
	LC 2 (2009)	Time	336.93	<.01	.518
		Sex	6.38	.02	.020
		Timesex	0.25	.62	.001
Standing long jump (cm)	LC 1 (2008)	Time	207.79	<.01	.467
		Sex	2.05	.15	.009
		Timesex	0.19	.66	.001
	LC 2 (2009)	Time	173.29	<.01	.369
		Sex	3.14	.08	.011
		Timesex	0.002	.968	.000
Balancing backwards	LC 1 (2008)	Time	184.28	<.01	.423
		Sex	8.48	<.01	.033
		Timesex	0.20	.66	.001
	LC 2 (2009)	Time	319.87	<.01	.505
		Sex	19.11	<.01	.937
		Timesex	2.64	.11	.008
Sit-ups	LC 1 (2008)	Time	218.54	<.01	.469
		Sex	0.598	.44	.002
		Timesex	9.52	<.01	.037
	LC 2 (2009)	Time	109.63	<.01	.261
		Sex	0.29	.59	.001
		Timesex	3.48	.06	.011
Push-ups	LC 1 (2008)	Time	270.53	<.01	.523
		Sex	0.09	.77	.000
		Timesex	1.84	.18	.007
	LC 2 (2009)	Time	276.31	<.01	.472
		Sex	0.35	.55	.001
		Timesex	0.54	.46	.002
Jumping sideways	LC 1 (2008)	Time	630.16	<.01	.717
		Sex	7.19	<.01	.028
		Timesex	0.12	.95	.000
	LC 2 (2009)	Time	1291.64	<.01	.807
		Sex	3.79	.05	.012
		Timesex	1.34	.25	.004
Stand and reach (cm)	LC 1 (2008)	Time	8.74	<.01	.034
		Sex	22.82	<.01	.084
		Timesex	7.95	<.01	.031
	LC 2 (2009)	Time	2.08	.13	.007
		Sex	29.07	<.01	.086
		Timesex	5.23	.02	.017
6-minute run (m)	LC 1 (2008)	Time	61.52	<.01	.200
		Sex	17.90	<.01	.068
		Timesex	7.25	<.01	.029
	LC 2 (2009)	Time	115.31	<.01	.273
		Sex	25.90	<.01	.078
		Timesex	1.04	.36	.003
BMI	LC 1 (2008)	Time	183.79	<.01	.423
		Sex	13707.97	.09	.011
		Timesex	0.04	.83	.000
	LC 2 (2009)	Time	83.0	<.01	.211
		Sex	1.12	.29	.004
		Timesex	2.99	.09	.010