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

Table 2 Physical literacy scores^a stratified by weight status^b (苍鈥�=鈥�8343)

听	Healthy-weight (苍鈥�=鈥�5307)	Overweight/obese (n鈥�=鈥�3036)	Difference p value^c	颁辞丑别苍鈥檚 d effect size^d
Modified Physical Competence	19.2听卤听4.7	17.2听卤听4.1	<鈥� 0.001	0.44
Daily Behaviour	18.9听卤听7.4	17.9听卤听7.7	<鈥� 0.001	0.13
Motivation and Confidence	12.7听卤听2.7	12.3听卤听2.8	<鈥� 0.001	0.15
Knowledge and Understanding	12.1听卤听2.7	12.0听卤听2.8	0.024	0.05
Total CAPL score	62.8听卤听12.1	59.3听卤听11.6	<鈥� 0.001	0.30

CAPL Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy
^aData are presented as means 卤 standard deviation
^bBody weight status was defined according to the World Health Organization reference data [20]
^cPhysical literacy scores were compared using multivariate analysis of variance
^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

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