TABLE 2.
The results of balance performance according to sex and age.
| All | Boys | Girls | p-value | η2p | 3-year-old group | 3.5-year-old group | 4-year-old group | 4.5-year-old group | 5-year-old group | 5.5-year-old group | p-value | η2 p | Age ∗sex | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 619) | (n = 296) | (n = 323) | (n = 82) | (n = 102) | (n = 99) | (n = 130) | (n = 105) | (n = 101) | p-value | η 2 p | |||||
| One-leg stand(s) | 20.56 ± 20.38 | 16.85 ± 16.59 | 23.96 ± 22.82 * | 0.000 | 0.037 | 5.75 ± 3.86d | 8.86 ± 5.97cd | 14.57 ± 11.42bc | 19.05 ± 14.06b | 34.06 ± 24.86 | 38.19 ± 25.12 | 0.000 | 0.336 | 0.179 | 0.012 |
| Tandem stance(s) | 9.29 ± 7.28 | 8.10 ± 6.14 | 10.37 ± 8.04 * | 0.000 | 0.026 | 4.58 ± 2.49d | 5.80 ± 3.07cd | 8.30 ± 5.11bc | 9.19 ± 5.65b | 12.97 ± 8.65a | 13.89 ± 10.05a | 0.000 | 0.205 | 0.236 | 0.011 |
| BBT(s) | 12.78 ± 7.71 | 12.97 ± 8.23 | 12.62 ± 7.22 | 0.596 | 0.000 | 21.04 ± 9.05a | 17.24 ± 7.51b | 14.28 ± 7.42c | 10.86 ± 5.11d | 8.26 ± 3.25e | 7.29 ± 3.23e | 0.000 | 0.367 | 0.774 | 0.004 |
| FRT (cm) | 14.90 ± 3.14 | 14.55 ± 3.01 | 15.23 ± 3.23 * | 0.002 | 0.016 | 11.84 ± 1.89c | 12.43 ± 2.07c | 14.69 ± 2.59b | 15.59 ± 2.69b | 16.89 ± 2.53a | 17.16 ± 2.71a | 0.000 | 0.392 | 0.645 | 0.006 |
*
girls vs. boys, p < 0.05; a, b, c, d, e is a letter‐marking method used to compare differences between age groups, with identical letters indicating no significant differences; p-values indicate differences between settings using ANOVA, analyses. The data are shown as mean ± SD.