Table 2.
Associations among daily Physical Activity, Sleep, and Screen-time with Fundamental Motor Skills in Preschoolers (n=107)^
Ball Skills | Locomotor Skills | Total TGMD-3 | ||||||||||
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Beta | SE | p-value | R2 | Beta | SE | p-value | R2 | Beta | SE | p-value | R2 | |
Behaviors (hours/day) | ||||||||||||
LPA | −1.64 | 1.30 | 0.21 | 0.41 | −2.15 | 1.31 | 0.10 | 0.31 | −3.79 | 2.07 | 0.07 | 0.38 |
MVPA | 0.67 | 1.24 | 0.58 | 3.87 | 1.25 | 0.002* | 4.54 | 1.97 | 0.02* | |||
Sleep | −2.18 | 1.51 | 0.15 | 1.76 | 1.52 | 0.24 | −0.41 | 2.40 | 0.86 | |||
Screen-time | −0.03 | 0.21 | 0.85 | 0.36 | 0.21 | 0.08 | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.33 | |||
Movement Guidelines Met | ||||||||||||
Physical Activity | 0.06 | 2.27 | 0.97 | 0.39 | 1.40 | 2.40 | 0.56 | 0.21 | 1.46 | 3.69 | 0.69 | 0.32 |
Sleep | −3.33 | 2.32 | 0.15 | 1.53 | 2.45 | 0.53 | −1.80 | 3.78 | 0.63 | |||
Screen-time | −1.36 | 2.24 | 0.54 | −2.50 | 2.36 | 0.29 | −3.87 | 3.64 | 0.29 | |||
Number of Guidelines Met | ||||||||||||
Met Only One Guideline | Ref | Ref | Ref | 0.39 | Ref | Ref | Ref | 0.21 | Ref | Ref | Ref | 0.32 |
Met Two Guidelines | −2.26 | 1.79 | 0.20 | 2.09 | 1.87 | 0.26 | −0.16 | 2.91 | 0.95 | |||
Met Three Guidelines | −2.54 | 2.95 | 0.39 | −1.67 | 3.09 | 0.58 | −4.22 | 4.80 | 0.38 |
Assessed using linear regression with raw fundamental motor skill scores and adjustment for age, sex, race, the other movement behaviors (physical activity, sleep, and screen-time), and accelerometer wear time; R2 presented is for the entire model (movement and covariates); LPA = Light Physical Activity; MVPA= Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity; TGMD-3 = Test of Gross Motor Development—Third Edition;
p<0.05;