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. 2022 Jul 12;16:848230. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2022.848230

TABLE 2.

Associations between gross motor skill (Total GMS, LC, and OCS) presented as continuous scores and in Tertiles with inhibitory control scores (IC-ACC and IC-RT) on the Fish Flanker Test in preschool children ages 4-6 years (N = 123).

Variable IC-ACC (accuracy),β (95%CI)
IC-RT (reaction time),β (95%CI)
Model 1 Model 2 Model 1 Model 2
Total GMS (Score) 0.24 (−0.01, 0.48) 0.09 (−0.16, 0.33) 6.08 (11.35,0.80) 8.27 (14.20,2.34)
Total GMS tertile (Score)
T1 (42-70) 0 (Ref) 0 (Ref) 0 (Ref) 0 (Ref)
T2 (71-76) 7.71 (1.73, 13.69) 6.47 (0.62, 12.33) −70.56 (−198.94, 57.81) −109.35 (−250.13, 31.43)
T3 (77-92) 4.06 (−1.92, 10.04) 2.40 (−3.44, 8.23) 154.66 (283.04,26.29) 216.98 (357.39,76.57)
P for trend 0.092 0.25 0.02 <0.01
Locomotor (Score) 0.40 (−0.02, 0.83) 0.10 (−0.32, 0.53) 10.62 (19.55,1.70) 11.20 (21.43,0.97)
Locomotor tertile (Score)
T1 (19-35) 0 (Ref) 0 (Ref) 0 (Ref) 0 (Ref)
T2 (36-40) 2.83 (−3.22, 8.87) −1.37 (−7.46, 4.71) −35.83 (−165.68, 94.01) −18.85 (−166.68, 128.97)
T3 (41-46) 6.18 (0.06, 12.29) 1.27 (−4.80, 7.33) −114.03 (−245.38, 17.31) −116.97 (−264.37, 30.42)
P for trend 0.05 0.68 0.09 0.12
Object-control (Score) 0.24 (−0.16, 0.64) 0.14 (−0.28, 0.55) −6.01 (−14.51, 2.49) 12.15 (22.07,2.23)
Object-control tertile (Score)
T1 (13-32) 0 (Ref) 0 (Ref) 0 (Ref) 0 (Ref)
T2 (33-37) 4.41 (−1.84, 10.66) 1.73 (−4.49, 7.96) −58.86 (−193.34, 75.62) −60.76 (−211.30, 89.78)
T3 (38-46) 0.74 (−5.41, 6.90) −0.56 (−6.93, 5.81) −62.67 (−195.07, 69.72 −147.55 (−301.63, 6.52)
P for trend 0.73 0.96 0.34 0.07

Ref, Referent; GMS, gross movement skill; CI, confidence interval; The β values are standardized; The bold font is used to highlight significance level at P < 0.05; Model 1: Unadjusted; Model 2: Adjust for sex, age, BMI, maternal education, number of participants’ extracurricular classes, and per capita household income.