Age, height, body weight, and maximal exercise data for groups with different test status for the maximal exercise test
| Boys | Girls | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valid | Non-valid | No V˙o2 data† | Not willing to be tested | Valid | Non-valid | No V˙o2 data† | Not willing to be tested | |
| Values are mean (SD). | ||||||||
| *Significant difference between valid test groups and other groups: p<0.05. | ||||||||
| †Children performing a maximal test with no recording of V˙o2. | ||||||||
| ‡Mass was not a Gaussian distribution. Therefore data were log transformed and a mean was calculated and then back transformed to a geometric mean. | ||||||||
| Number | 309 | 20 | 28 | 7 | 283 | 17 | 29 | 3 |
| Age (years) | 6.8 (0.4) | 6.7 (0.3) | 6.7 (0.4) | 6.9 (0.4) | 6.7 (0.4) | 6.6 (0.3) | 6.6 (0.4) | 6.4 (0.4) |
| Stature (m) | 1.24 (0.05) | 1.23 (0.05) | 1.23 (0.06) | 1.23 (0.05) | 1.22 (0.05) | 1.20 (0.04)* | 1.23 (0.04) | 1.21 (0.01) |
| Mass (kg)‡ | 24.6 (3.7) | 24.4 (3.3) | 24.7 (3.2) | 24.3 (4.6) | 23.9 (3.2) | 22.6 (3.2) | 25.0 (4.5) | 22.8 (1.3) |
| Heart rate (beats/min) | 196 (9) | 174 (8) * | 193 (9) | 199 (9) | 179 (6) * | 196 (11) | ||
| Test time (min:s) | 8:06 (1:55) | 5:53 (1:16)* | 7:39 (1:39) | 7:28 (1:36) | 4:50 (0:55)* | 6:46 (1:33)* | ||
| V˙o2max (litres/min) | 1.19 (0.18) | 0.99 (0.24)* | 1.06 (0.16) | 0.76 (0.16)* | ||||