Organized Sports, Overweight, and Physical Fitness in Primary School Children in Germany

Table 4

Mean values and SD for individual fitness tests by participation in organized sports. 𝐹 and 𝑃 values are from MANCOVA.

	Children's participation in organized sports per week			MANCOVA
	Less than once	1-2 times	More often	𝐹	𝑃
20 m sprint (s)	4.99 (0.48)	4.83 (0.41)	4.74 (0.42)	2.370	0.092
Sit and reach (cm)	0.56 (6.52)	2.14 (5.95)	3.00 (5.66)	6.841	0.001*
Medicine ball shot put (cm)	277.53 (69.47)	294.17 (63.27)	305.23 (60.57)	5.723	0.003*
6 min endurance run (m)	800.64 (123.16)	866.47 (138.86)	897.37 (124.57)	5.504	0.004*
Obstacle run (s)	25.21 (4.49)	23.71 (4.57)	22.96 (4.07)	2.555	0.078
Throw-and-turn (points)	13.43 (10.46)	16.58 (11.25)	19.57 (11.52)	4.120	0.017*
Ball aiming (points)	7.75 (3.78)	8.21 (4.19)	9.23 (4.31)	0.928	0.396
One leg balancing (points)	1.02 (0.57)	0.84 (0.57)	0.81 (0.62)	3.585	0.028*

∗Difference between less than once a week and weekly sports participation.