The relationship between physical literacy scores and adherence to Canadian physical activity and sedentary behaviour guidelines

Table 4 Descriptive characteristics of participants stratified by adherence to Canadian physical activity guidelines (PAG) (n鈥�=鈥�2956) and sedentary behaviour guidelines (SBG) (n鈥�=鈥�2879)

听	Meeting PAG (n鈥�=鈥�577)	Not meeting PAG (n鈥�=鈥�2379)	颁辞丑别苍鈥檚 d	p
Age, yr	10.5 (1.2)	10.6 (1.2)	鈭�0.13	0.01
Physical Competence (/32)	21.3 (4.2)	19.4 (4.2)	0.44	&濒迟;鈥�0.0001
Motivation and Confidence (/18)	13.3 (2.3)	12.4 (2.6)	0.39	&濒迟;鈥�0.0001
Knowledge and Understanding (/18)	12.1 (2.7)	12.1 (2.7)	0.01	0.51
听	Meeting SBG (n鈥�=鈥�1633)	Not meeting SBG (n鈥�=鈥�1246)	颁辞丑别苍鈥檚 d	p
Age, yr	10.5 (1.2)	10.8 (1.1)	鈭�0.28	&濒迟;鈥�0.0001
Physical Competence (/32)	20.2 (4.3)	19.3 (4.2)	0.21	&濒迟;鈥�0.0001
Motivation and Confidence (/18)	13.1 (2.4)	12.0 (2.7)	0.42	&濒迟;鈥�0.0001
Knowledge and Understanding (/18)	12.1 (2.6)	12.2 (2.8)	鈭�0.04	0.42

Data are shown as mean (SD)
p value for differences between those meeting physical activity guidelines and sedentary behaviour guidelines versus those not meeting the guidelines (MANOVA test)
Chi-squared test revealed more boys (27%) met PAG than girls (14%) (p鈥�&濒迟;鈥�0.0001)
Chi-squared test revealed more girls (62%) met SBG than boys (50%) (p鈥�&濒迟;鈥�0.0001)
Effect sizes were considered negligible if <鈥�0.2, small if between 0.2鈥�0.5, moderate if between 0.5鈥�0.8, and important if >鈥�0.8
Physical activity guideline adherence was defined as attaining 鈮�12,000 steps, measured by pedometer, on 鈮�6听days/week [17]. Sedentary behaviour guideline adherence was defined as 鈮�2听h screen time/day on weekdays and weekends [10, 11]
A Pearson correlation coefficient of 鈭掆€�0.10 (p鈥�&濒迟;鈥�0.0001) was calculated between physical activity step counts and hours of screen time, demonstrating that these variables are not strongly correlated

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