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Table 2 Correlation between cognitive tests and gross motor skills in eutrophic and overweight/obesity preschoolers

From: Association between executive functions and gross motor skills in overweight/obese and eutrophic preschoolers: cross-sectional study

 

1a

2a

3a

4a

5a

6a

7a

8a

9a

10a

11a

12

1. Agea

 

0.37

0.49

−0.24

−0.00

− 0.11

0.31

0.18

0.35

−0.18

−0.19

0.15

2. Sexa

0.15

 

0.17

−0.38

−0.49

− 0.28

−0.26

0.05

0.27

0.26

0.16

0.27

3. Maternal educationa

0.20

0.22

 

−0.10

0.06

−0.03

0.09

−0.12

0.26

−0.16

0.06

0.03

4. Locomotor

−0.27

−0.25

− 0.28

 

0.24

0.79

−0.20

−0.12

− 0.24

−0.17

− 0.30

−0.26

5. OC

−0.24

−0.16

0.01

0.38

 

0.71

0.18

0.15

−0.22

−0.67

− 0.49

−0.46

6. GMQ

−0.29

−0.20

− 0.12

0.81

0.82

 

−0.01

−0.05

− 0.32

−0.53

− 0.48

−0.46

7. Day/Night Stroopa

0.22

0.09

−0.27

0.13

−0.14

0.00

 

0.23

0.06

−0.20

−0.38

− 0.45

8. Delayed gratificationa

0.39

−0.07

−0.29

− 0.12

−0.35

− 0.31

0.22

 

0.36

−0.20

−0.12

0.02

9. Word production

0.71

0.21

0,20

−0.39

−0.07

− 0.32

0.03

0.34

 

0.27

0.11

0.06

10. Errors of SVFa

0.41

0.34

0.08

−0.03

−0.25

−0.20

0.22

0.08

0.17

 

0.42

0.12

11. Movements in THa

0.13

−0.19

−0.43

0.06

0.02

0.03

0.14

0.06

−0.18

0.08

 

0.43

12. Rule breaks in TH

0.28

−0.05

− 0.09

−0.00

0.25

0.11

−0.09

0.02

0.13

−0.15

0.50

 
  1. Bivariate correlations between EF tasks and gross motor skills in eutrophic (lower triangle) and overweight/obese (upper triangle) preschoolers
  2. aVariables with non-normal distribution for which the Spearman correlation was performed
  3. OC Standard Score Object Control, GMQ Gross Motor Quotient; SVF Semantic Verbal Fluency, TH Tower of Hanoi; Values in bold show correlation coefficients with a value of p < 0,05