Effect of arm movement and task difficulty level on balance performance in healthy children: are there sex differences?

Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants by sex

Characteristic	Boys (n = 18)	Girls (n = 22)	p-value
Age (years)	11.5 ± 0.6	11.5 ± 0.6	0.815
Maturity offset* (years from PHV)	– 1.6 ± 0.6	– 0.3 ± 0.7	< 0.001
Body mass (kg)	45.6 ± 14.6	42.8 ± 9.2	0.468
Body height (cm)	153.2 ± 8.5	152.3 ± 6.8	0.698
Body mass index (kg/m²)	19.0 ± 4.2	18.4 ± 3.2	0.557
Leg length (cm)	81.2 ± 5.4	79.2 ± 7.3	0.349

Data are presented as mean value ± standard deviation
*Maturity offset was calculated as years from peak height velocity (PHV) by using the formulas provided by Moore et al. [21]

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