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Table 3 Multiple linear regression analysis (forward stepwise) between cognitive tests and gross motor skills for the overweight/obese group

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

Predictors

OC

GMQ

β

p-value

R2

Î’

p-value

R2

   

0.578

  

0.405

TH (Number of movements)

−0.003

.989

 

−0.084

.701

 

TH (Rule breaks)

−0.400

.011*

 

−0.364

.044*

 

SVF (Number of errors)

−0.597

.000*

 

−0.477

.010*

 

Age in years

−0.007

.964

 

−0.111

.533

 

Sex

−0.133

.402

 

0.014

.941

 

Maternal education

0.048

.747

 

0.052

.765

 

Socioeconomic status

0.151

.302

 

0.184

.290

 

ECERS

0.054

.718

 

0.075

.671

 

EC_HOME

−0.121

.418

 

0.123

.490

 
  1. β: standardized regression coefficient, OC Standard Score Object Control, GMQ Gross Motor Quotient, TH Tower of Hanoi, SVF Semantic Verbal Fluency, ECERS Environment rating scales in early childhood education, EC_HOME Early Childhood Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment; * p < .05
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BMC Pediatrics

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