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. 2024 Oct 23;60(6):956–969. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.24.08472-7

Table II. Descriptive details of all groups.

Typical development Developmental coordination disorder Cerebral palsy P value
N. Mean (SD)/min-max N. Mean (SD)/min-max N. Mean (SD)/min-max
Age (years) 64 8.05(1.58)/5.00-10.62 39 8.14 (1.54)/5.42-10.95 24 7.52 (1.44)/5.07-10.35 0.271a
Body length (cm) 64 131.75 (10.68)/107.50 -156.00 39 130.03 (12.60)/109.50-154.00 22 127.61 (10.08)/113.5-150.5 0.317a
Body weight (kg) 64 27.71 (6.74)/18.00-53.70 39 29.03 (8.37)/16.60-49.90 23 26.32 (7.10)/18.10-43.20 0.364a
BMI (kg/m2) 64 15.79 (2.00)/11.89 – 23.55 39 16.86 (2.56)/13.32-23.51 22 16.15 (2.43)/13.19-22.20 0.070a
Sex (n) (F:M) 64 30:34 39 7:32 10:14 0.011c
TGMD-3 total score – gross motor index (47-158) 59 93.47 (8.59)/76-114 37 67.51 (10.97)/50-88 19 69.74 (8.39)/47/88 <0.001a
Locomotor – scaled score (0-20) 59 9.37 (1.53)/6-13 37 4.11 (2.23)/1-10 20 4.10 (2.22)/1-8 <0.001a
Ball skills – scaled score (0-20) 59 8.44 (2.09)/5-14 37 4.84 (2.47)/2-10 19 5.53 (1.95)/1-8 <0.001a
MABC-2 total score – percentile 64 55.91 (24.05)/25-95 39 2.58 (3.90)/0.1-16 <0.001b
Manual dexterity – percentile 64 55.97 (23.62)/5-98 39 12.18 (18.51)/0.1-75 <0.001b
Aiming & Catching – percentile 64 44.59 (27.18)/5-95 39 7.84 (10.40)/0.1-37 <0.001b
Balance – percentile 64 57.71 (23.68)/5-95 39 6.46 (8.18)/0.1-37 <0.001b
DCD-Q total score 64 64.7 (7.67)/43-75 39 33.28 (8.17)/18-54 20 44.8 (11.18)/26-63 <0.001a
SDQ total problem score 64 6.97 (4.95)/0-23 39 13.15 (5.53)/3-27 21 10 (5.31)/2-20 <0.001a
SDQ Impact (impact:no impact) 64 18:46 39 34:5 21 13:8
SDQ Impact score 18 1.33 (2.14)/0-8 34 2.94 (2.15)/0-7 13 1.54 (1.33)/0-4 0.013a
Formal diagnosis of DCD (yes:no) 39 27:12
Co-occuring diagnoses (N./%)
AD(H)D 64 1/1.56% 39 4/10.25% 24 1/4.17% 0.057c
ASD 64 1/1.56% 39 8/20.51% 24 3/12.50% 0.005c
Dyslexia/speech fluency disorder 64 2/2.89% 39 1/2.56% 24 0/0% 0.506c
GMFCS level I:II (N.) 24 14:10
Unilateral:Bilateral (N.) 24 13:11

aResult of a One-Way ANOVA test; bresult of an independent samples t-test between DCD and TD; cresult of a Chi-squared Test; N.: total sample; BMI: Body Mass Index; TGMD-3: Test Of Gross Motor Development, 3rd ed.; MABC-2: Movement Assessment Battery for Children, 2nd ed.; DCD-Q: DCD-Questionnaire; SDQ: Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire; GMFCS: Gross Motor Function Classification System.