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

BMC Public Health

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

	Healthy-weight (n = 5307)	Overweight/obese (n = 3036)	Difference p value^c	Cohen’s d effect size^d
Modified Physical Competence	19.2 ± 4.7	17.2 ± 4.1	< 0.001	0.44
Daily Behaviour	18.9 ± 7.4	17.9 ± 7.7	< 0.001	0.13
Motivation and Confidence	12.7 ± 2.7	12.3 ± 2.8	< 0.001	0.15
Knowledge and Understanding	12.1 ± 2.7	12.0 ± 2.8	0.024	0.05
Total CAPL score	62.8 ± 12.1	59.3 ± 11.6	< 0.001	0.30

CAPL Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy
^aData are presented as means ± 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 < 0.2, small if between 0.2 and 0.5, moderate if between 0.5 and 0.8, and important if > 0.8

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