University of Connecticut

The sex-specific distributions of 
- parent-reported motor function
- self-reported physical activity
- predicted cardiorespiratory fitness 
- obesity
- academic achievement
- all contextual variables

Table 1: original data

- At age 8, boys were more likely to have compromised motor function(P<0.001)
- At age 16, girls had higher academic achievement (GPA)
- Mean metabolic equivalent of task (MET) hours per week were 32.8 for boys (SD17.9) and 28.7 for girls (SD15.5)
- Mean peak oxygen consumption was 49.1 among boys (SD9.7) and 35.4 (SD6.4) amon girls.
- Boys were more often overweight or obese compared with girls



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