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Table 2 Baseline characteristics by BMI status (normal weight, underweight and overweight)a

From: Two years of school-based intervention program could improve the physical fitness among Ecuadorian adolescents at health risk: subgroups analysis from a cluster-randomized trial

 

P b

All

Normal weight

Underweight

Overweight

  

n

Control Mean (SD)

Intervention Mean (SD)

n

Control Mean (SD)

Intervention Mean (SD)

n

Control Mean (SD)

Intervention Mean (SD)

n

Age

0.04

1292

12.91 (0.82)

12.80 (0.75)

1014

13.05 (0.84)

12.89 (0.84)

79

12.77 (0.78)

12.75 (0.79)

278

Body mass index (kg/m2)

<0.001

1292

18.79 (1.67)

18.79 (1.65)

1014

15.51 (0.83)

15.20 (0.73)

79

24.24 (2.04)

24.90 (2.81)

278

Body mass index Z-score

<0.001

1292

0.06 (0.64)

0.07 (0.68)

1014

−1.66 (0.40)

−1.80 (0.43)

79

1.73 (0.43)

1.84 (0.52)

278

Low socio economic status (%)

0.03

1240

34.56

32.78

971

29.41

41.46

75

26.36

25.00

269

Female proportion (%)

0.78

1292

58.30

66.73

1014

61.76

60.00

66

58.52

68.53

278

Fitness (EUROFIT)

           

Speed-agility

           

Speed shuttle run (s)

<0.001

1257

24.37 (2.14)

24.44 (2.28)

987

24.52 (2.82)

23.86 (2.80)

76

25.16 (2.08)

25.63 (2.37)

270

Muscle strength and endurance

           

Vertical jump (cm)

<0.001

1259

26.51 (5.41)

25.86 (5.70)

991

25.23 (5.54)

26.19 (4.88)

76

24.21 (4.96)

23.66 (5.34)

268

Accelerometer data

           

% who meet the PA recommendation (60 min MVPA/day)

0.29

225

91.02

96.70

169

100

85.71

11

91.30

90.90

45

  1. aThe overweight group includes overweight and obese adolescents according to the IOTF criteria [30]
  2. bP-value for differences between overweight, normal-weight and underweight groups
  3. The analysis was adjusted for the study design