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Table 1 Basic statistics of age, height and weight

From: Sex and age-level differences of walking time in preschool children on an obstacle frame

   

Age (years)

Height (cm)

Weight (kg)

  

Number

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

 

4 years (First)

23

4.2

0.2

100.9

3.4

16.5

1.2

 

4 years (Last)

28

4.7

0.1

102.4

4.4

16.7

1.6

Boys

5 years (First)

23

5.2

0.1

107.2

4.0

18.0

1.5

 

5 years (Last)

27

5.7

0.1

107.4

4.4

17.7

1.8

 

6 years (First)

35

6.2

0.1

112.8

5.0

20.1

2.3

 

6 years (Last)

27

6.7

0.1

115.9

3.7

20.8

1.5

 

4 years (First)

24

4.2

0.2

99.3

4.6

16.0

2.0

 

4 years (Last)

27

4.8

0.2

102.6

3.8

16.6

1.9

Girls

5 years (First)

32

5.2

0.1

105.4

3.6

17.7

1.7

 

5 years (Last)

28

5.7

0.2

108.2

5.6

18.4

2.9

 

6 years (First)

26

6.2

0.2

112.3

3.2

19.7

2.0

 

6 years (Last)

24

6.7

0.1

116.2

3.5

21.0

1.7

  1. SD: standard deviation
  2. Results of two-way ANOVA, *P < 0.05
  3. [Height] Age F1 = 105.53* (5, 312), Gender F2 = 0.96 (1, 312), Interaction F1 × 2 = 0.84 (5, 312). Post hoc. Boy, Girl: 4 years < 5 years < 6 years
  4. [Weight] Age F1 = 46.74* (5, 312), Gender F2 = 0.05 (1, 312), Interaction F1 × 2 = 0.76 (5, 312). Post hoc. Boy: 4 years, 5 years < 6 years; Girl: 4 years (First) < 5 years, 6 years; 4 years (Last) < 5 years (Last), 6 years, 5 years (First) < 6 years; 5 years (Last) < 6 years (Last)