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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics for children who participated in the RBC-CAPL study

From: Influence of the relative age effect on children’s scores obtained from the Canadian assessment of physical literacy

 

All

Boys

Girls

n

Mean (SD) or %

n

Mean (SD) or %

n

Mean (SD) or %

Age (y)

8233

10.6 (1.2)

4100

10.6 (1.2)

4133

10.6 (1.2)

Height (cm)

8195

144.1 (9.8)

4081

144.0 (9.6)

4114

144.3 (10.1)

Weight (kg)

8186

40.0 (11.5)

4076

40.0 (11.5)

4110

40.1 (11.4)

BMI (kg/m2)

8151

19.0 (3.8)

4059

18.9 (3.854)

4092

19.0 (3.727)

WC (cm)

8115

67.3 (10.8)

4039

67.4 (11.0)

4076

67.1 (10.5)

Sites (province):

8233

100.0

4100

100.0

4133

100.0

 Antigonish (NS)

840

10.2

410

10.0

430

10.4

 Calgary (AB)

1126

13.7

564

13.8

562

13.6

 Charlottetown (PEI)

456

5.5

230

5.6

226

5.5

 Halifax (NS)

648

7.9

321

7.8

327

7.9

 Lethbridge (AB)

900

10.9

444

10.8

456

11.0

 North Bay (ON)

966

11.7

457

11.1

509

12.3

 Ottawa (ON)

619

7.5

292

7.1

327

7.9

 Trois-Rivières (QC)

42

0.5

27

0.7

15

0.4

 Victoria (BC)

425

5.2

225

5.5

200

4.8

 Windsor (ON)

1108

13.5

578

14.1

530

12.8

 Winnipeg (MB)

1103

13.4

552

13.5

551

13.3

  1. AB Alberta, BC British Columbia, BMI body mass index, MB Manitoba, NS Nova Scotia, ON Ontario, PEI Prince Edward Island, QC Quebec, RBC Royal Bank of Canada, SD standard deviation, WC waist circumference