Table 3
Physical fitness measures according to meeting and not meeting current Canadian physical activity and screen time recommendations, household population aged 8 to 19 years, 2007 to 2017


Table 3
Physical fitness measures according to meeting and not meeting current Canadian physical activity and screen time recommendations, household population aged 8 to 19 years, 2007 to 2017.
Table summary
This table displays the results of Physical fitness measures according to meeting and not meeting current Canadian physical activity and screen time recommendations 8 to 10 year olds, 11 to 14 year olds, 15 to 19 year olds, Boys, Girls, Mean and 95% confidence interval, calculated using unit of measure, kg per kg body weight, cm, BMI z-score and (BMI z-score) units of measure (appearing as column headers).
8 to 10 year olds 11 to 14 year olds 15 to 19 year olds
Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls
Mean 95% confidence interval Mean 95% confidence interval Mean 95% confidence interval Mean 95% confidence interval Mean 95% confidence interval Mean 95% confidence interval
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Cardiorespiratory fitness
ml/kg/min
Meets PAR 52.0 51.4 52.6 51.5 50.7 52.4 51.7 51.1 52.4 50.1 49.1 51.1 53.2 51.8 54.5 43.6 41.8 45.3
Does not meet PAR 49.9 49.0 50.7Note ** 49.8 49.3 50.4Note ** 49.7 48.9 50.4Note ** 48.1 47.7 48.6Note * 51.0 49.8 52.1Note * 42.6 42.0 43.1
Grip Strength
kg per kg body weight
Meets PAR 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.2 1.1 1.2 0.9 0.8 1.0
Does not meet PAR 0.8 0.8 0.9Note * 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.2 1.1 1.2 0.9 0.9 0.9
Flexibility: sit-and-reach
cm
Meets PAR 23.9 22.4 25.3 30.4 29.0 31.7 21.4 19.5 23.3 29.1 26.8 31.3 24.4 22.1 26.6 30.4 26.1 34.7
Does not meet PAR 23.7 21.7 25.6 28.3 27.2 29.5Note * 20.8 19.3 22.4 29.2 27.9 30.5 24.8 21.6 27.9 32.4 30.6 34.2
Body mass index
BMI z-score
Meets PAR 0.49 0.24 0.74 0.32 0.08 0.57 0.13 -0.17 0.44 0.22 -0.06 0.51 0.35 0.14 0.57 0.70 0.25 1.16
Does not meet PAR 0.79 0.38 1.20 0.29 0.12 0.46 0.68 0.50 0.87Note * 0.38 0.21 0.56 0.44 0.20 0.69 0.30 0.08 0.52
Cardiorespiratory fitness
ml/kg/min
Meets SBR 51.4 50.8 52.0 50.7 50.1 51.2 51.5 50.7 52.2 49.1 48.7 49.5 52.5 51.3 53.6 42.8 41.7 43.8
Does not meet SBR 50.4 49.5 51.4 49.3 48.5 50.1Note * 50.1 49.4 50.8Note * 48.2 47.6 48.8Note * 51.6 50.3 52.8 42.7 42.0 43.3
Grip Strength
kg per kg body weight
Meets SBR 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.2 1.2 1.3 0.9 0.8 0.9
Does not meet SBR 0.8 0.8 0.9Note * 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0Note ** 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.2Note * 0.9 0.9 0.9
Flexibility: sit-and-reach
cm
Meets SBR 24.3 22.8 25.9 29.1 28.1 30.1 22.3 19.8 24.7 29.7 27.6 31.8 26.7 21.0 32.4 32.0 28.7 35.3
Does not meet SBR 22.6 21.2 24.1 28.4 26.5 30.4 20.5 19.1 21.9 28.8 27.4 30.1 24.0 22.2 25.7 32.2 30.3 34.2
Body mass index
BMI z-score
Meets SBR 0.58 0.27 0.89 0.13 -0.02 0.28 0.14 -0.17 0.44 0.24 0.02 0.46 0.23 -0.07 0.53 0.28 -0.13 0.68
Does not meet SBR 0.68 0.40 0.97 0.78 0.42 1.14Note * 0.60 0.37 0.84Note * 0.42 0.21 0.64 0.46 0.27 0.66 0.40 0.18 0.61
Note *

significantly different to reference value (meeting recommendation),p < 0.05

Return to note * referrer

Note **

significantly different to reference value (meeting recommendation), p < 0.001

Return to note ** referrer

PAR = physical activity recommendation
SBR = screen time recommendation
Source: Canadian Health Measures Survey: 2007 to 2009, 2009 to 2011, 2016 to 2017

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