Weight status and gender-related differences in motor skills and in child care - based physical activity in young children

Table 2 Motor skills, physical activity and sedentary activities according to weight status

		Weight Status
	Healthy Weight	Overweight ^b	ß-coefficient (95% CI)
Motor Scores ^a	*n = 461*	*n = 68*
Basic Motor Score	12.59 ± 3.43	11.91 ± 3.55	-0.65 (-1.33 to 0.02)
	*n = 356*	*n = 55*
Integral Motor Score	14.41 ± 3.82	13.43 ± 3.81	-0.57 (-1.42 to 0.28)
Physical Activity	*n = 214*	*n = 37*
Total physical activity (counts/min)	610 ± 211	587 ± 201	-11.8 (-75.4 to 51.8)
Sedentary activity (epochs/hour < 37.5 counts)	130 ± 22	132 ± 24	1.6 (-5.4 to 8.5)
MVPA (epochs/hour ≥ 420 counts)	29 ± 13	29 ± 13	1.1 (-3.0 to 5.1)
VPA (epochs/hour ≥ 842 counts	8 ± 6	7 ± 5	-0.1 (-1.8 to 1.6)

Values are means ± standard deviation and β-coefficients with 95% confidence intervals.
Variables were analyzed using a multiple linear regression, adjusted for age, gender and child care center (cluster).
^a Basic Motor Score: Reference score for motor skills: sum of the 5 motor skills (running, climbing stairs, balancing on a beam, getting up, landing after jumping); Integral Motor Score: sum of 6 motor skills including the jumping on one leg motor skill
^b according to the International Obesity Task Force percentiles Significant gender differences (* p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001).
MVPA: moderate-and-vigorous physical activity; VPA: vigorous physical activity

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