Fábio Luiz Mialhe, Carla Fabiana Tenani, Maria Helena Ribeiro DE Checchi, Lisa Jamieson, Xiangqun Ju
Psychometric properties of Health Literacy in Dentistry scale in an elderly Brazilian population
Brazilian oral research
academic achievement aa important issue school period since strong predictor longterm professional social success physical fitness pf components associated aa previous studies conducted relatively small samples lack statistical power conclusions based simple correlational analyses objective study analyze association pf single clustered aa large representative sample high school students crosssectional design study conducted 911 students aged 1315 years 3852 boys enrolled first year high school cardiorespiratory fitness 20m shuttle run test muscular strength dynamometer body composition skinfolds measured pf components clustered zcardiorespiratory fitness zmuscular strength zbody fatness aa analyzed standard math tests hierarchical linear regression analysis applied verify independent contribution single component pfs cluster aa age screen time maternal education race type residence used covariates among boys cardiorespiratory fitness negatively associated aa 0137 p 041 strength positively associated aa 0188 p 004 association clustered pf indicators aa 0064 p 297 negative association age aa girls 0151 p 003 boys 0128 p 045 results support current literature indicating association pfs component namely muscular strength aa mathematics adolescents even controlled several covariates