Research Article
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.
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values are from MANCOVA.
| | Children's participation in organized sports per week | MANCOVA | | Less than once | 1-2 times
| More often
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| 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* |
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Difference between less than once a week and weekly sports participation.
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