The Association between Health-Related Fitness and Physical Activity during Weekdays: Do Fit Students Exercise More after School?
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sample
2.2. Measures and Procedures
2.2.1. Demographic Characteristics
2.2.2. Health-Related Fitness
2.2.3. Afterschool Physical Activity
2.3. Procedure
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | M | SD | Min. | Max. |
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Sedentary (min·d−1) | 274.27 | 66.89 | 148.00 | 457.00 |
Light PA (min·d−1) | 73.68 | 51.66 | 10.00 | 200.00 |
PA count (cpm) | 96,049.57 | 106,227.81 | 157.00 | 634,592.00 |
Step count (n·d−1) | 2058.52 | 1690.56 | 208.00 | 8299.00 |
EE (kcal) | 84.93 | 77.95 | 20.84 | 507.13 |
MVPA (min·d−1) | 11.35 | 16.92 | 0.00 | 98.00 |
BMI (kg·m−2) | 19.35 | 2.56 | 14.06 | 25.05 |
PACER (lap) | 37.18 | 14.21 | 16.00 | 81.00 |
Sit-and-reach (cm) | 11.03 | 2.73 | 5.00 | 18.00 |
Trunk lift (cm) | 10.46 | 1.60 | 6.00 | 12.00 |
Curl-up (n) | 47.83 | 21.89 | 11.00 | 80.00 |
Push-up (n) | 15.19 | 7.32 | 1.00 | 33.00 |
Variables | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
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1. Sedentary (min·d−1) | 1 | ||||||||||
2. Light PA (min·d−1) | −0.91 * | 1 | |||||||||
3. PA count (cpm) | −0.74 * | 0.61* | 1 | ||||||||
4. Step count (n·d−1) | −0.84 * | 0.74 * | 0.83 * | 1 | |||||||
5. EE (kcal) | −0.62 * | 0.46 * | 0.94 * | 0.65 * | 1 | ||||||
6. MVPA (min·d−1) | −0.68 * | 0.48 * | 0.89 * | 0.87 * | 0.73 * | 1 | |||||
7. BMI (kg·m−2) | 0.13 | −0.14 | −0.16 | −0.18 | 0.03 | −0.17 | 1 | ||||
8. PACER (lap) | −0.23 * | 0.14 | 0.39 * | 0.31 * | 0.40 * | 0.39 * | −0.29 * | 1 | |||
9. Sit-and-Reach (cm) | 0.14 | −0.15 | 0.04 | −0.01 | 0.09 | −0.01 | −0.13 | 0.02 | 1 | ||
10. Trunk lift (cm) | 0.23 | −0.20 | −0.09 | −0.19 | −0.06 | −0.13 | −0.09 | 0.11 | 0.27 * | 1 | |
11. Curl-up (n) | 0.11 | −0.09 | −0.05 | −0.11 | 0.04 | −0.09 | −0.04 | 0.30 * | 0.05 | 0.10 | 1 |
12. Push-up (n) | 0.05 | −0.14 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.09 | −0.22 * | 0.47 * | 0.24 * | 0.06 | 0.33 * |
Predictors | R2 = 22.8%, F7, 89 = 3.17, p < 0.05 | ||||
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B | SEB | β | t | p | |
Intercept | 21.54 | 12.43 | 0.96 | 0.34 | |
Gender | 0.97 | 0.58 | 0.03 | 0.19 | 0.85 |
BMI (kg·m−2) | −0.38 | 0.37 | −0.06 | −0.52 | 0.61 |
PACER (lap) | 0.53 | 0.15 | 0.47 * | 3.55 | 0.00 |
Sit-and-reach (cm) | 0.52 | 0.19 | 0.09 | 0.57 | 0.57 |
Trunk lift (cm) | −1.88 | 1.18 | −0.18 | −1.59 | 0.12 |
Curl-up (n) | −0.16 | 0.10 | −0.21 | −1.68 | 0.10 |
Push-up (n) | −0.15 | 0.15 | −0.06 | −0.42 | 0.67 |
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Yang, D.; Zhu, X.; Haegele, J.A.; Wilson, P.B.; Wu, X. The Association between Health-Related Fitness and Physical Activity during Weekdays: Do Fit Students Exercise More after School? Sustainability 2019, 11, 4127. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11154127
Yang D, Zhu X, Haegele JA, Wilson PB, Wu X. The Association between Health-Related Fitness and Physical Activity during Weekdays: Do Fit Students Exercise More after School? Sustainability. 2019; 11(15):4127. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11154127
Chicago/Turabian StyleYang, Dehong, Xihe Zhu, Justin A. Haegele, Patrick B. Wilson, and Xueping Wu. 2019. "The Association between Health-Related Fitness and Physical Activity during Weekdays: Do Fit Students Exercise More after School?" Sustainability 11, no. 15: 4127. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11154127