Table 1 Percentage of participation in specific types of physical activities from grades 6 to 12 in the MATCH study (2011–2018).

From: Puberty timing and relative age as predictors of physical activity discontinuation during adolescence

	Girls										Boys
	Grade	6	7	8	9	10	11	12			6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	n	440	404	368	273	234	213	192	p^a	p^b	341	313	270	204	177	154	131	p^a	p^b
Context
Organized		83	82	79	73	69	61	54	< 0.0001	0.5167	85	78	77	71	68	61	58	< 0.0001	0.3732
Unorganized		97	95	90	80	83	74	70	< 0.0001	0.0008	99	96	96	90	84	81	80	< 0.0001	0.0346
Format
Group		91	87	81	67	64	54	48	< 0.0001	0.0229	90	81	80	69	65	61	51	< 0.0001	0.1633
Individual		97	96	91	85	86	76	69	< 0.0001	0.0135	98	96	96	90	87	82	80	< 0.0001	0.2226
Type
Cross-country skiing		9	9	6	4	3	3	1	< 0.0001	0.0406	9	8	9	6	7	3	2	0.0012	0.1391
Aerobics, yoga, exercise class		20	19	26	27	25	23	20	0.1745	0.0592	10	9	10	9	13	8	9	0.7144	0.7548
Badminton		22	22	15	12	6	3	2	< 0.0001	0.0118	32	32	23	23	17	6	4	< 0.0001	0.0036
Ball games (dodge ball, kickball, catch)		34	24	16	6	6	2	3	< 0.0001	0.9751	42	34	24	13	11	5	2	< 0.0001	0.7705
Baseball		8	9	9	5	4	3	3	0.0004	0.1012	14	16	17	7	8	6	5	< 0.0001	0.1659
Basketball		15	14	14	7	6	1	1	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	27	22	21	12	12	12	6	< 0.0001	0.3725
Bicycling		62	58	39	32	26	18	11	< 0.0001	0.3900	78	80	77	54	50	35	18	< 0.0001	0.0017
Boxing,wrestling		2	1	1	2	2	0.5	1	0.3485	0.5078	5	4	5	4	7	3	2	0.3973	0.0988
Dance		54	44	37	32	26	22	21	< 0.0001	0.0666	8	7	6	5	6	2	3	0.0047	0.3792
Downhill skiing		13	11	7	7	5	2	0.5	< 0.0001	0.0823	20	12	14	14	15	14	11	0.0846	0.3541
Canadian football		1	2	1	4	0.9	0	0.5	0.5257	0.0338	12	11	9	12	12	6	7	0.0376	0.3703
Games (chase, tag, hide and seek)		56	43	28	10	8	6	6	0.0150	0.0429	52	33	24	12	10	6	2	0.0028	0.8411
Golf		5	7	4	3	2	2	2	0.0004	0.4405	12	16	11	12	9	8	3	0.0004	0.0359
Gymnastics		26	22	18	13	7	5	4	< 0.0001	0.0503	7	4	7	6	3	3	0.8	0.0039	0.1271
Handball		15	6	4	0.7	2	0	0.5	< 0.0001	0.0997	16	6	6	4	4	1	0	< 0.0001	0.6766
Home exercises (push-ups, sit-ups)		48	51	51	54	53	51	46	0.4949	0.0897	54	56	51	52	45	42	42	0.0011	0.6966
Ice Skating		24	21	13	7	11	7	6	< 0.0001	0.1730	24	17	16	15	8	5	5	< 0.0001	0.3947
Ice Hockey		6	6	7	7	9	8	9	0.1088	0.9557	35	36	34	32	27	27	27	0.0013	0.9759
Jogging/running		55	52	52	49	49	37	31	< 0.0001	0.0030	56	51	51	49	44	34	34	< 0.0001	0.1037
Karate		6	5	4	2	3	0.5	0.5	< 0.0001	0.4553	18	9	13	10	10	5	6	0.0004	0.9431
Canoe, Kayak		6	6	4	3	4	4	4	0.0660	0.2034	6	8	4	7	6	3	0	0.0063	0.0220
In-line skating		13	8	3	1	3	0.9	0.5	< 0.0001	0.7918	10	7	9	9	4	0.6	0	< 0.0001	0.0051
Ringette		12	9	9	7	9	5	4	0.0004	0.5444	3	1	4	2	2	0.6	0.8	0.2570	0.2767
Skateboarding		13	8	3	0.7	3	1	0.5	< 0.0001	0.8689	10	8	10	9	5	1	0	< 0.0001	0.0023
Street/floor hockey		3	3	2	5	3	3	3	0.5306	0.5984	26	20	17	15	11	11	6	< 0.0001	0.9767
Skip rope		30	13	8	6	5	1	3	< 0.0001	0.1044	9	8	10	8	9	10	2	0.4391	0.2310
Soccer		42	40	30	18	17	11	9	< 0.0001	0.2631	54	47	43	27	21	17	15	< 0.0001	0.2737
Swimming		42	43	29	16	17	15	9	< 0.0001	0.8053	31	30	24	20	9	6	10	< 0.0001	0.1628
Tennis		7	8	5	3	3	3	2	< 0.0001	0.5230	15	12	14	11	7	5	2	< 0.0001	0.0472
Track and field		16	16	11	7	6	4	2	< 0.0001	0.1353	23	19	16	14	8	6	8	< 0.0001	0.4800
Trampoline		51	49	35	18	12	5	2	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	40	35	27	18	13	5	4	< 0.0001	0.0500
Volleyball		31	38	34	23	16	15	11	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	14	17	20	16	14	10	7	0.2926	0.0055
Weight training		10	12	13	19	22	31	26	< 0.0001	0.2034	30	32	38	45	48	49	46	< 0.0001	0.1102

^ap-value for statistical significance of the linear time variable in the logistic regression model.
^bp-value for statistical significance of the quadratic time variable in the logistic regression model;

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Table 1 Percentage of participation in specific types of physical activities from grades 6 to 12 in the MATCH study (2011–2018).

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