Table 1. Comparisons of gross motor skills between boys and girls.

	Total	Boys	Girls		Partial eta squared	Observed power
Number (%)	60 (100)	34 (56.7)	26 (43.3)
Age (years)	5.70 ± 0.31	5.66 ± 0.30	5.76 ± 0.32
Height (cm)	109.8 ± 4.82	109.3 ± 4.97	110.3 ± 4.64		0.00	0.08
Weight (kg)	18.4 ± 2.41	18.3 ± 2.43	18.5 ± 2.41		0.01	0.13
BMI (kg/m2)	15.2 ± 1.11	15.3 ± 1.08	15.2 ± 1.15		0.00	0.06
Run	7.72 ± 0.76	7.71 ± 0.84	7.73 ± 0.67		0.00	0.05
Gallop	6.55 ± 2.24	6.03 ± 2.56	7.23 ± 1.50	*	0.07	0.55
Hop	8.38 ± 2.11	7.79 ± 2.43	9.15 ± 1.26	*	0.10	0.72
Leap	3.17 ± 1.29	2.97 ± 1.31	3.42 ± 1.24		0.03	0.27
Horizontal jump	5.62 ± 2.02	5.38 ± 2.06	5.92 ± 1.96		0.02	0.17
Slide	7.07 ± 1.76	6.71 ± 2.18	7.54 ± 0.81		0.06	0.44
Locomotor raw scores	38.5 ± 5.71	36.6 ± 6.40	41.0 ± 3.36	**	0.15	0.88
Locomotor standard scores	11.7 ± 2.65	11.0 ± 2.76	12.7 ± 2.18	*	0.11	0.75
Locomotor percentiles	66.7 ± 25.0	58.9 ± 27.2	76.8 ± 17.4	**	0.13	0.82
Striking a stationary ball	8.22 ± 1.58	8.65 ± 1.52	7.65 ± 1.52	*	0.10	0.69
Stationary dribble	6.23 ± 2.68	6.18 ± 2.77	6.31 ± 2.62		0.00	0.05
Catch	4.00 ± 1.29	4.00 ± 1.21	4.00 ± 1.41		0.00	0.05
Kick	7.22 ± 1.46	7.68 ± 0.88	6.62 ± 1.83	**	0.13	0.83
Overhand throw	5.73 ± 1.95	6.18 ± 1.98	5.15 ± 1.78	*	0.07	0.53
Underhand roll	4.98 ± 1.80	5.15 ± 1.96	4.77 ± 1.58		0.01	0.12
Object control raw scores	36.4 ± 6.57	37.8 ± 6.24	34.5 ± 6.62	*	0.06	0.50
Object control standard scores	12.0 ± 2.68	11.7 ± 2.51	12.4 ± 2.89		0.02	0.18
Object control percentiles	68.8 ± 24.2	65.8 ± 23.2	72.7 ± 25.3		0.02	0.19
Sum of standard scores	23.7 ± 3.98	22.6 ± 3.74	25.1 ± 3.89	*	0.10	0.70
Gross Motor Quotient	111.1 ± 11.9	107.9 ± 11.2	115.4 ± 11.7	*	0.10	0.70

Mean ± standard deviation. Significant difference between boys and girls: *p<0.05, **p<0.01.