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Table 1
Descriptive statistics for selected fitness measures, by sex and age group, household population aged 20 to 69 years, Canada, March 2007 to February 2009

Fitness measure and sex 20 to 39 years 40 to 59 years 60 to 69 years
Estimate 95% confidence interval Estimate 95% confidence interval Estimate 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to
Aerobic fitness: predicted maximal aerobic power (ml • (kg • min)-1)
Mean
Male 44.1 43.1 45.1 36.6† 35.5 37.6 27.6† 26.6 28.5
Female 38.4* 37.6 39.3 31.2†* 30.5 31.8 24.1†* 23.6 24.6
Standard deviation
Male 6.6 ... ... 6.1 ... ... 5.0 ... ...
Female 4.8 ... ... 5.3 ... ... 3.7 ... ...
50th percentile
Male 44.0 42.7 45.3 38.2† 36.4 40.0 27.6† 26.6 28.6
Female 38.1* 37.1 39.1 31.0†* 30.3 31.7 23.1†* 22.6 23.6
Flexibility: sit-and-reach (cm)
Mean
Male 25 24 27 25 24 26 17† 16 19
Female 31* 30 31 29†* 27 30 27†* 26 28
Standard deviation
Male 10 ... ... 10 ... ... 10 ... ...
Female 9 ... ... 10 ... ... 9 ... ...
50th percentile
Male 25 24 27 25 24 26 18† 16 20
Female 31* 30 31 30* 28 31 28†* 25 30
Muscular endurance: number of partial curl-ups in one minute (maximum 25)
% completing zero
Male 10E 6 14 29† 24 34 69† 60 77
Female 37* 31 42 59†* 51 67 85†* 77 92
% completing 1 to 24
Male 34 28 41 35 30 40 20† 14 25
Female 33 27 38 28 20 35 12†*E 5 18
% completing 25
Male 55 49 62 36† 33 39 12†E 8 16
Female 31* 26 35 13†* 10 17 4†*E 2 6
Muscular strength: grip strength (kg)
Mean
Male 97 94 99 93† 91 95 81† 79 83
Female 56* 54 58 54†* 53 55 48†* 47 49
Standard deviation
Male 16 ... ... 15 ... ... 15 ... ...
Female 11 ... ... 10 ... ... 9 ... ...
50th percentile
Male 98 95 101 92† 90 94 82† 81 83
Female 56* 54 58 54†* 53 55 47†* 46 48
Body mass index (kg/m2 )
Mean
Male 26.5 26.3 26.8 28.3† 27.7 29.0 28.5† 28.0 29.0
Female 25.9 24.9 26.8 27.0†* 26.3 27.7 28.7† 27.9 29.4
Standard deviation
Male 5.0 ... ... 4.6 ... ... 5.0 ... ...
Female 6.3 ... ... 5.9 ... ... 6.1 ... ...
50th percentile
Male 25.7 25.4 26.1 27.9† 27.2 28.6 28.0† 27.2 28.8
Female 24.3* 23.2 25.3 25.6†* 25.0 26.2 27.4† 26.4 28.3
Waist circumference (cm)
Mean
Male 91 90 92 99† 97 101 103† 101 104
Female 83* 81 85 88†* 86 90 94†* 91 96
Standard deviation
Male 14 ... ... 13 ... ... 13 ... ...
Female 15 ... ... 15 ... ... 15 ... ...
50th percentile
Male 89 87 91 98† 96 99 102† 99 105
Female 79* 76 82 86†* 83 88 93†* 90 95
Sum of five skinfolds (mm)‡
Mean
Male 61 59 64 67† 62 71 62 59 65
Female 82* 78 86 90†* 86 94 94†* 91 98
Standard deviation
Male 24 ... ... 23 ... ... 21 ... ...
Female 30 ... ... 30 ... ... 26 ... ...
50th percentile
Male 58 52 64 63 58 69 59 54 63
Female 77* 70 84 89†* 83 94 92†* 86 98
Waist-to-hip ratio
Mean
Male 0.88 0.88 0.89 0.95† 0.94 0.96 0.99† 0.98 1.00
Female 0.80* 0.79 0.81 0.84†* 0.83 0.85 0.87†* 0.86 0.88
Standard deviation
Male 0.07 ... ... 0.07 ... ... 0.11 ... ...
Female 0.07 ... ... 0.07 ... ... 0.07 ... ...
50th percentile
Male 0.88 0.87 0.89 0.95† 0.94 0.96 0.99† 0.98 1.00
Female 0.79* 0.77 0.81 0.83†* 0.82 0.84 0.87†* 0.85 0.89
* significantly different from estimate for males (p < 0.05)
† significantly different from estimate for 20- to 39-year-olds (p < 0.05)
‡ excludes respondents with BMI 30.0 kg/m2 or higher
E use with caution (coefficient of variation 16.6% to 33.3%)
... not applicable
Source: 2007-2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey.
Date Modified: 2015-07-17

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