Associations between domains of physical literacy by weight status in 8- to 12-year-old Canadian children

Table 1 Descriptive characteristics^a of participants stratified by weight status^b

听	Total sample (n鈥�=鈥�8343)	Healthy- weight (n鈥�=鈥�5307)	Overweight/obese (n鈥�=鈥�3036)	Difference p value^c	颁辞丑别苍鈥檚 d effect size^d
Gender (girl)	4183 (50.1%)	2715 (51.2%)	1468 (48.4%)	0.007	鈥�
Age听(years)	10.6鈥壜扁赌�1.2	10.6鈥壜扁赌�1.2	10.6鈥壜扁赌�1.1	0.080	0.04
Height (cm)	144.2鈥壜扁赌�9.9	142.7鈥壜扁赌�9.7	146.8鈥壜扁赌�9.7	<鈥� 0.001	0.42
Weight (kg)	40.1鈥壜扁赌�11.4	34.6鈥壜扁赌�6.6	49.8鈥壜扁赌�11.6	<鈥� 0.001	1.75
BMI (kg/m²)	19.0鈥壜扁赌�3.8	16.8鈥壜扁赌�1.5	22.9鈥壜扁赌�3.4	<鈥� 0.001	2.58
Waist circumference (cm)^e	67.4鈥壜扁赌�10.7	61.7鈥壜扁赌�5.6	77.3鈥壜扁赌�10.3	<鈥� 0.001	2.05

BMI body mass index
^aData are presented as mean鈥壜扁€塻tandard deviation or n (%)
^bBody weight status was defined according to the World Health Organization reference data [20]
^cp values were assessed using multivariate analysis of variance (continuous variables) and a chi-squared test (categorical variable)
^dEffect sizes are considered negligible if <鈥�0.2, small if between 0.2 and 0.5, moderate if between 0.5 and 0.8, and important if >鈥�0.8
^eSample sizes for waist circumference were n鈥�=鈥�5242 and n鈥�=鈥�2976 for healthy-weight and overweight/obese, respectively

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