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Table 4 Spearman rank correlation coefficients.

From: Questionnaire-based approach to assess schoolchildren's physical fitness and its potential role in exploring the putative impact of helminth and Plasmodium spp. infections in Côte d'Ivoire

 

Distance

VO2max

 

Coefficient

p-value

Coefficient

p-value

Physical functioning

0.215

0.012*

0.186

0.029*

Physical role

0.009

0.922

0.096

0.263

  1. * Statistically significant (p < 0.05)
  2. Cumulative distance (in m) and VO2max (in ml kg-1 min-1) as objectively measured and questionnaire scores on physical functioning (PF) and physical role (PR) as self-reported variables in sample 2 from a study carried out in Grand Moutcho school, Agboville, Côte d'Ivoire, in early 2010 [17]. Sample 2 with n = 137 observations (79 boys, 58 girls) includes all children with complete questionnaire, parasitological, clinical and shuttle run test results (see also Figure 1).
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Parasites & Vectors

ISSN: 1756-3305

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