Physical activity | EP/ELBW | Term born | P value* | ||
N=56 M=28, F=28 | N=57 M=31, F=26 | ||||
N | (M/F) | N | (M/F) | ||
Apart from at school, how often does your child usually exercise so much that it gets out of breath or sweats? | 0.013 | ||||
Daily | 3 | (2/1) | 7 | (6/1) | |
4–6 times/week | 9 | (4/5) | 18 | (9/9) | |
2–3 times/week | 28 | (15/13) | 24 | (13/11) | |
1 time/week | 9 | (3/6) | 6 | (2/4) | |
Less than one time/week | 2 | (1/1) | 2 | (1/1) | |
Never | 3 | (2/1) | 0 | ||
Total | 54 | 57 | |||
At play and sports: how is the child’s endurance compared with its average peers? | 0.006 | ||||
Similar | 34 | (17/17) | 48 | (25/23) | |
Less | 18 | (9/9) | 9 | (6/3) | |
Much less | 3 | (1/2) | 0 | ||
Total | 55 | 57 | |||
At play and sports: how vigorous is the child compared with its average peers? | 0.001 | ||||
More | 6 | (1/5) | 16 | (13/3) | |
Similar | 34 | (20/14) | 37 | (15/22) | |
Less | 15 | (6/9) | 4 | (3/1) | |
Total | 55 | 57 | |||
How will you rate your child’s proficiency in sports activities? | <0.001 | ||||
Very high | 6 | (2/4) | 11 | (10/1) | |
High | 8 | (2/6) | 26 | (13/13) | |
Average | 25 | (15/10) | 16 | (6/10) | |
Somewhat low | 13 | (7/6) | 3 | (2/1) | |
Very low | 2 | (1/1) | 0 | ||
Total | 54 | 56 | |||
Does the child participate in | |||||
Team sports | 27 | (14/13) | 41 | (25/16) | 0.009 |
Sports club activities other than team sports | 14 | (6/8) | 16 | (10/6) | 0.83 |
Physical activity alone or together with family/friends | 42 | (21/21) | 34 | (18/16) | 0.050 |
*Wilcoxon’s signed-ranks test two tailed.
EP/ELBW, extremely preterm/extremely low birth weight;F, female;m, male.