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Table 4 The number 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

 
 

Meeting 0# or 1 guideline (n = 41)

Meeting 2 guidelines (n = 170)

Meeting 3 guidelines (n = 37)

2–1

3–1

3–2

P for trend

TEC total*

8.34 (7.09, 9.58)

9.70 (9.16, 10.24)

10.11 (9.21, 11.02)

1.37 (0.34, 2.39), p = 0.01

1.78 (0.27, 3.29), p = 0.02

0.41 (−0.40, 1.22), p = 0.30

0.034

ToM total

2.10 (1.68, 2.52)

2.29 (2.04, 2.53)

2.57 (2.33, 2.82)

0.19 (−0.37, 0.74), p = 0.49

0.47 (−0.08, 1.02), p = 0.09

0.29 (0.03, 0.55), p = 0.03)

0.095

  1. Findings are from linear regression models adjusted for child age, sex, vocabulary, suburb-level socio-economic status & childcare-level clustering
  2. TEC Test of Emotion Comprehension, ToM Theory of Mind
  3. # n = 2 for 0 guidelines met; *n = 243
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