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. 2019 Dec;8(5):402–411. doi: 10.21037/tp.2019.09.03

Table 2. Association between estimated age at peak height velocity and motor competence in boys and girls.

Variables Girls Boys
Pearson’s r Adj. for BMIPCT Pearson’s r Adj. for BMIPCT
20 m sprint −0.149 −0.110 −0.004 0.110
Balance 0.042 −0.098 0.213* 0.089
Sideways jump 0.166 0.112 0.215* 0.172
Stand and reach 0.055 0.122 0.220* 0.200*
Push-ups 0.284** 0.235* 0.228* 0.166
Sit ups 0.091 0.057 0.202* 0.091
Standing long-jump 0.096 0.030 0.012 −0.112
6-min run 0.218* 0.069 0.114 −0.007
Total score 0.187 0.098 0.155 0.023

Values are Pearson’s r. *, P<0.05; **, P<0.01.