The relative age effect on fundamental movement skills in Chinese children aged 3–5 years

BMC Pediatrics

Table 2 Results of TGMD-2 test based on gender and the quarter of birthdate

Score		Quarter 1		Quarter 2		Quarter 3		Quarter 4
Score		Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM
LC	Boys	27.95^†	1.21	29.04^†	1.01	28.56	0.85	27.54	0.84
	Girls	33.84^*,**	1.09	31.36	0.78	30.55^*	0.99	29.73^*	0.84
	Total	31.00^****	0.82	30.26	0.64	29.50	0.67	28.56^*	0.60
OB	Boys	25.79	1.09	26.69^****	0.92	25.14	0.77	23.49^**	0.76
	Girls	24.60	1.03	23.94	0.74	25.34^****	0.94	22.90^***	0.80
	Total	25.23^****	0.76	25.33^****	0.59	25.22^****	0.62	23.17^,,**	0.56
TTS	Boys	53.73	1.99	55.73^****	1.67	53.70	1.39	51.03^**	1.38
	Girls	58.45^****	1.70	55.31	1.22	55.88	1.54	52.64^*	1.31
	Total	56.22^****	1.33	55.59^****	1.03	54.72^****	1.08	51.73^,,**	0.98

Note. LC: Locomotor skills; OB: Object control skills; TTS: Total test score; SEM: Standard Error of Mean; * p < 0.05 different to quarter 1; ** p < 0.05 different to quarter 2; *** p < 0.05 different to quarter 3; **** p < 0.05 different to quarter 4; †p < 0.05 different to girls

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