Table 4

Spearman's rank correlation coefficients (95% CI) between 20mSRT performance index and socioeconomic indicators

All countries (n=50)Developed (n=34)Developing (n=16)
Childhood obesity (%)−0.19 (−0.44 to 0.09)−0.27 (−0.56 to 0.08)−0.00 (−0.50 to 0.50)
Physical activity (%)−0.12 (−0.52 to 0.32)
Mean climate (C°)0.26 (−0.02 to 0.50)0.63** (0.37 to 0.80)−0.21 (−0.64 to 0.32)
HDI0.01 (−0.27 to 0.29)0.29 (−0.05 to 0.57)−0.56 (−0.83 to −0.09)
Gini index−0.44* (−0.64 to −0.18)−0.70** (−0.84 to −0.47)−0.49 (−0.79 to 0.01)
Urbanisation (%)−0.01 (−0.30 to 0.28)0.15 (−0.20 to 0.47)−0.45 (−0.80 to 0.13)
  • Developed=high and very high (0.741–0.943) HDI; developing=very low, low and medium (0.286–0.740) HDI.

  • * indicates significant result at p<0.05; ** indicates significant result at p<0.01; adjusted using Holm–Bonferroni sequential correction.

  • 20mSRT, 20 m shuttle run test; HDI, Human development index.