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Table 3 Results of multinomial logistic regression analyses relating BMI categories and physical fitness

From: The relationship between body composition and physical fitness in 14 year old adolescents residing within the Tlokwe local municipality, South Africa: The PAHL study

  

Girls

Boys

  

Crude OR

95% CI

Adjusted*

95% CI

Crude OR

95% CI

Adjusted*

O95% CI

Underweight

High PF

9.23

2.49-34.21

10.69

2.81-40.73

1.45

0.54-3.88

1.80

0.63-5.19

 

Moderate PF

3.87

1.01-14.92

4.08

1.05-15.83

1.36

0.49-3.74

1.33

0.47-3.78

Overweight

High PF

0.16

0.04-0.63

0.11

0.03-0.50

0.21

0.02-1.95

0.18

0.02-1.78

 

Moderate PF

0.32

0.11-0.89

0.28

0.09-0.82

0.23

0.02-2.10

0.23

0.02-2.23

  1. * adjusted for race and locality of the schools.
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