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Table 3 The combination of guidelines met and social-cognitive development

From: Adherence to 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for the Early Years and associations with social-cognitive development among Australian preschool children

 

Mean (95% CI) for each group

Mean (95% CI) difference between groups

 

Physical Activity + Screen Time

Meeting (n = 42)

Not Meeting (n = 206)

Meeting - Not Meeting

p

TEC total*

10.04 (9.20, 10.88)

9.44 (8.79, 10.08)

0.60 (−0.29, 1.50)

0.171

ToM total

2.45 (2.23, 2.67)

2.27 (2.07, 2.47)

0.18 (−0.06, 0.43)

0.136

Physical Activity + Sleep

Meeting (n = 205)

Not Meeting (n = 43)

Meeting - Not Meeting

p

TEC total*

9.78 (9.22, 10.33)

8.42 (7.23, 9.60)

1.36 (0.31, 2.41)

0.014

ToM total

2.35 (2.11, 2.58)

2.07 (1.66, 2.48)

0.28 (−0.25, 0.81)

0.278

Sleep + Screen Time

Meeting (n = 41)

Not Meeting (n = 207)

Meeting - Not Meeting

p

TEC total*

10.13 (9.31, 10.96)

9.42 (8.78, 10.06)

0.71 (−0.15, 1.57)

0.100

ToM total

2.51 (2.25, 2.77)

2.26 (2.06, 2.45)

0.25 (−0.002, 0.50)

0.052

  1. Findings are from linear regression models adjusted for child age, sex, vocabulary, suburb-level socio-economic status & childcare-level clustering
  2. SES socio-economic status, TEC Test of Emotion Comprehension, ToM Theory of Mind, TPA total physical activity
  3. *n = 243