Associations between basic motor competencies and physical fitness in Spanish pre-schoolers: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Unstandardized regression coefficients (β) examining the association of MOBAK KG score and test subscales (object movement and self-movement) for Z-scores and percentiles

Dependent variable	Object movement score (8 points)				Self-movement score (8 points)				MOBAK KG sum score (16 points)
Dependent variable	β	95% IC	R²	P value	β	95% IC	R²	P value	β	95% IC	R²	P value
Z-score
Handgrip strength (kg)	0.048	-0.033 – 0.128	0.331	0.244	0.105	0.032 – 0.179	0.375	0.006	0.050	0.007 – 0.094	0.357	0.024
Standing long jump (cm)	0.154	0.060 – 0.248	0.178	0.002	0.241	0.160 – 0.322	0.345	< 0.001	0.131	0.083 – 0.180	0.309	< 0.001
Speed/agility (s)	0.216	0.128 – 0.303	0.299	< 0.001	0.279	0.205 – 0.353	0.436	< 0.001	0.166	0.122 – 0.209	0.469	< 0.001
Cardiorespiratory fitness (laps)	0.219	0.132 – 0.305	0.295	< 0.001	0.231	0.152 – 0.310	0.345	< 0.001	0.144	0.100 – 0.189	0.386	< 0.001
Overall fitness (sum of z-scores)	0.155	0.092 – 0.219	0.368	< 0.001	0.217	0.167 – 0.267	0.581	< 0.001	0.123	0.093 – 0.153	0.558	< 0.001
Percentile score
Handgrip strength (kg)	2.571	-0.159 – 5.300	0.087	0.065	4.778	2.390 – 7.167	0.193	< 0.001	2.430	0.992 – 3.867	0.157	0.001
Standing long jump (cm)	1.451	-1.222 – 4.124	0.112	0.283	4.928	2.529 – 7.327	0.253	< 0.001	2.228	0.743 – 3.713	0.189	0.004
Speed/agility (s)	5.044	2.009 – 8.080	0.146	0.001	7.895	5.304 – 10.486	0.337	< 0.001	4.590	3.003 – 6.178	0.315	< 0.001
Cardiorespiratory fitness (laps)	5.749	3.151 – 8.347	0.204	< 0.001	6.585	4.226 – 8.944	0.283	< 0.001	3.971	2.627 – 5.315	0.306	< 0.001

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