Table 3 Mean VO₂ max estimates^a (ml kg^-1 min^-1), in relation to parasitological status, of 69 Bulang primary school children from Yunnan province, P.R. China in mid-2011, stratified by sex and age group.

Non-infected

(n = 13)

Infected

(n = 56)

P- value ^b

Non-infected

(n = 39)

Infected

(n = 30)

P- value ^b

Non-infected

(n = 65)

Infected

(n = 4)

P - value ^b

47.7

(44.1-51.3)

45.1

(43.7-46.5)

0.097

46.1

(44.5-47.8)

44.5

(42.2-46.9)

0.242

45.8

(44.4-47.2)

44.4

(34.9-53.9)

0.504

41.9

(40.5-44.3)

43.3

(42.2-44.3)

0.263

42.7

(41.3-44.2)

43.3

(42.1-44.6)

0.513

43.2

(42.3-44.1)

37.8

(n.a.)

n.a

48.7

(36.8-60.5)

46.5

(45.5-47.5)

0.171

47.8

(45.3-50.3)

46.1

(45.1-47.2)

0.136

46.8

(45.7-47.9)

n.r.

n.a.

43.5

(41.5-45.5)

43.4

(42.3-44.5)

0.935

44.2

(42.9-45.4)

42.0

(40.9-43.2)

0.027

43.5

(42.6-44.4)

42.0

(28.9-55.1)

0.358

43.3

(39.5-47.1)

40.4

(38.5-42.4)

0.100

41.9

(39.1-44.8)

41.2

(38.5-43.9)

0.701

41.4

(39.5-43.3)

44.0

(n.a.)

n.a.