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Figure 3
Portrait of typical 45-year-old male and female, 1981 and 2007-2009

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* significantly different from estimate for 1981 (p<0.05)
Note: To make estimates more comparable, Canadian Health Measures Survey estimates for flexibility and muscular strength exclude respondents screened out of aerobic fitness test (see Methods).
Sources: 1981 Canada Fitness Survey; 2007-2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey.