Comparison of age- and sex-specific mean VO2 max values among Ivoirian and Canadian children.

VO2 max values (expressed in ml kg-1 min-1) were obtained from 20 m shuttle run tests performed by 156 children attending grades 4-6 in the primary school of Grand Moutcho II and III near Agboville, south Côte d'Ivoire in early 2010 (present study) and from children in Québec, Canada, in 1981.CI, confidence interval; F, female; M, male; n.a., not applicable.aValues calculated by authors of the present article, based on data in Léger et al. (1988) [25].bStatistically significant difference between the two studies according to non-overlapping 95% CI.