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Table 3 Walking time in seconds by age, gender and obstacle

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

  

No obstacle

Low obstacle

High obstacle

    
  

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

F-value

  

Post hoc

 

4 years (First)

6.0

2.0

6.5

2.4

7.5

4.1

F1 (1,307) = 0.65

No obstacle condition

Boy•Girl

4 years (First) > 5 years (First), 5 years (Last), 6 years (First), 6 years (Last)

 

4 years (Last)

5.5

1.3

5.9

1.3

6.7

1.9

F2 (5,307) = 27.93*

 

Boy•Girl

4 years (Last) > 5 years (Last), 6 years (First), 6 years (Last)

Boys

5 years (First)

4.7

1.5

5.3

2.0

5.3

0.9

F3 (2,614) = 59.58*

Low obstacle condition

Boy•Girl

4 years (First) > 5 years (First), 5 years (Last), 6 years (First), 6 years (Last)

 

5 years (Last)

4.2

0.9

4.6

1.3

4.9

1.1

F4 (5,307) = 0.17

 

Boy•Girl

4 years (Last) > 5 years (Last), 6 years (First), 6 years (Last)

 

6 years (First)

4.3

0.8

4.5

1.0

4.8

1.1

F5 (2,614) = 0.26

 

Boy

5 years (First) > 6 years (Last)

 

6 years (Last)

3.7

0.6

3.9

0.9

4.2

1.1

F6 (10,614) = 2.72*

High obstacle condition

Boy•Girl

4 years (First) > 5 years (First), 5 years (Last), 6 years (First), 6 years (Last)

 

4 years (First)

5.9

2.1

6.8

2.7

7.2

2.4

F7 (10,614) = 0.44

 

Boy•Girl

4 years (Last) > 5 years (Last), 6 years (First), 6 years (Last)

 

4 years (Last)

5.8

1.5

6.1

1.7

6.9

2.5

  

Boy•Girl

5 years (First) > 6 years (Last)

Girls

5 years (First)

4.9

1.4

5.3

1.4

5.5

1.3

 

4 years

Boy•Girl

High obstacle condition > No obstacle condition

 

5 years (Last)

4.3

0.8

4.8

1.0

4.9

1.0

    
 

6 years (First)

4.3

1.1

4.4

0.8

4.8

0.9

    
 

6 years (Last)

4.2

1.2

4.3

1.0

4.4

1.0

    
  1. F1: gender; F2: age; F3: condition; F4: interaction (gender × age); F5: interaction (gender × condition); F6: interaction (age × condition); F7: interaction (gender × age × condition); SD: standard deviation. *P < 0.05.