Table 5.

Correlations between accelerometer measures and BAZ, gross motor skills, fine motor skills and executive functions (working memory, inhibition, shifting)

Guideline	BAZ (n=58)		Gross motor skills (n=55)		Fine motor skills (n=55)		Working memory (n=52)		Inhibitions (n=53)		Shifting (n=53)
	r	p-value	r	p-value	r	p-value	r	p-value	r	p-value	r	p-value
Total stepping (min/day)	−0.07	0.589	0.34	0.012*	−0.09	0.496	0.09	0.550	0.13	0.372	0.12	0.404
Total standing (min/day)	−0.04	0.749	−0.17	0.226	−0.11	0.411	0.25	0.080	0.10	0.500	−0.15	0.283
Total sitting (min/day)	0.24	0.070	−0.18	0.188	0.15	0.263	−0.08	0.562	−0.218	0.117	0.110	0.432
Lying (min/day)	−0.11	0.431	−0.18	0.193	0.22	0.113	−0.11	0.431	0.03	0.851	0.27	0.049*
Total SB (min/day)	−0.04	0.767	−0.07	0.602	0.09	0.498	0.12	0.410	−0.17	0.227	−0.01	0.923
Restricted sitting (min/day)	0.31	0.019*	0.04	0.796	−0.03	0.857	−0.25	0.073	−0.01	0.954	0.27	0.055
Sleep (min/day)	−0.06	0.633	0.12	0.388	−0.19	0.160	−0.15	0.278	0.05	0.738	−0.06	0.651

^*indicates significance at p<0.01.

BAZ, BMI-for-age z score; SB, sedentary behaviours; r, Spearman’s correlation coefficients.