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Table 2 Child sample, MVPA at each time point and actual and perceived skills at age 5

From: More active pre-school children have better motor competence at school starting age: an observational cohort study

Sample

MVPA

Actual skill

Perceived skill

Age

Total

Boys

Girls

Proportion of InFANT sample (n = 492)

Minutes p/day

Total (0–96)

Locomotor (0–48)

Object Control (0–48)

Total (12–48)

Locomotor (6–24)

Object Control (6–24)

M (SD)

N

n (%)

n (%)

%

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

19.0 mths (2.2)

193

98 (50.8)

95 (49.2)

39.2

25.1 (9.4)

3.5 years (0.2)

118

53 (44.9)

65 (55.1)

24.0

42.5 (16.1)

5.0 years (0.1)

127

59 (46.5)

68 (53.5)

25.8

52.8 (17.9)

49.7 (9.7)

26.0 (5.5)

23.3 (6.1)

41.4 (4.7)

21.1 (2.3)

20.3 (2.9)