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Table 5 Muscular fitness performance in thinness groups

From: Underweight children are agile but lack power

 

Degrees of underweight

 

Thinness grade 1 (n = 128)

Thinness grade 2 (n = 23)

Thinness grade 3 (n = 18)

p-value

 

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

 

Stepping (s)

14.98 (4.61)

15.93 (4.77)

13.96 (2.70)

0.194

Side jump (number of jumps)

25 (12)

21 (16)

26 (9)

0.897

Standing Long jump peak power (Watt)

200.05 (73.66)

211.14 (84.71)

158.94 (95.72)

0.027

1 = 2 > 3

Overhead throw (cm)

200.0 (70.5)

197.0 (73.0)

185.5 (45.8)

0.674

  1. Legend: p-values are extracted from Mann-Whitney-U tests; bold values indicate significant differences