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Body composition, including BMI, fat percentage, and muscle mass percentage, was assessed with bioelectrical impedance analysis. Well-being was measured using a modified KIDSCREEN-27 questionnaire, and demographic characteristics and leisure-time sports background data were collected via self-reports. Linear mixed regression models were applied, adjusting for school-class as a random effect.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Higher exercise capacity was significantly associated with better cognitive performance across all domains (<em>p</em> < 0.05). Boys exhibited faster reaction times in psychomotor function, attention, and working memory tasks (<em>p</em> < 0.001), while no sex differences were observed in visual learning (<em>p</em> = 0.684). School well-being positively correlated with attention and working memory performance, but no associations were found with other well-being dimensions. Body composition (BMI, fat percentage, muscle mass) and leisure-time sports background were not associated with cognitive performance.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Exercise capacity, but not body composition or sports participation, emerged as a key predictor of cognitive performance. These findings suggest that cardiorespiratory fitness, rather than body composition or sports background, is a general predictor of cognitive performance in children. School well-being and sex also influenced cognitive test performance, highlighting the importance of considering both physical and psychological factors.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11435,"journal":{"name":"Early human development","volume":"209 ","pages":"Article 106339"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"The influence of physical, psychological and sociocultural factors on cognitive performance: A nationwide cross-sectional analysis in 10–12-year-old Danish children\",\"authors\":\"Rune Rasmussen Lind , Thomas Rostgaard Andersen , Mikkel Malling Beck , Mads Madsen , Esben Elholm Madsen , Jesper Lundbye-Jensen , Svend Sparre Geertsen , Peter Krustrup , Malte Nejst Larsen\",\"doi\":\"10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2025.106339\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To assess the associations between exercise capacity, body composition, demographic characteristics, well-being dimensions, and leisure-time sports background with cognitive performance in children aged 10–12 years.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A cross-sectional study was conducted with 2470 Danish schoolchildren aged 10–12. 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The influence of physical, psychological and sociocultural factors on cognitive performance: A nationwide cross-sectional analysis in 10–12-year-old Danish children
Objective
To assess the associations between exercise capacity, body composition, demographic characteristics, well-being dimensions, and leisure-time sports background with cognitive performance in children aged 10–12 years.
Methods
A cross-sectional study was conducted with 2470 Danish schoolchildren aged 10–12. Cognitive performance was assessed using the Cogstate Brief Battery, measuring psychomotor function, attention, working memory, and visual learning. Exercise capacity was evaluated using the Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Level 1 Children's Test (YYIR1C). Body composition, including BMI, fat percentage, and muscle mass percentage, was assessed with bioelectrical impedance analysis. Well-being was measured using a modified KIDSCREEN-27 questionnaire, and demographic characteristics and leisure-time sports background data were collected via self-reports. Linear mixed regression models were applied, adjusting for school-class as a random effect.
Results
Higher exercise capacity was significantly associated with better cognitive performance across all domains (p < 0.05). Boys exhibited faster reaction times in psychomotor function, attention, and working memory tasks (p < 0.001), while no sex differences were observed in visual learning (p = 0.684). School well-being positively correlated with attention and working memory performance, but no associations were found with other well-being dimensions. Body composition (BMI, fat percentage, muscle mass) and leisure-time sports background were not associated with cognitive performance.
Conclusions
Exercise capacity, but not body composition or sports participation, emerged as a key predictor of cognitive performance. These findings suggest that cardiorespiratory fitness, rather than body composition or sports background, is a general predictor of cognitive performance in children. School well-being and sex also influenced cognitive test performance, highlighting the importance of considering both physical and psychological factors.
期刊介绍:
Established as an authoritative, highly cited voice on early human development, Early Human Development provides a unique opportunity for researchers and clinicians to bridge the communication gap between disciplines. Creating a forum for the productive exchange of ideas concerning early human growth and development, the journal publishes original research and clinical papers with particular emphasis on the continuum between fetal life and the perinatal period; aspects of postnatal growth influenced by early events; and the safeguarding of the quality of human survival.
The first comprehensive and interdisciplinary journal in this area of growing importance, Early Human Development offers pertinent contributions to the following subject areas:
Fetology; perinatology; pediatrics; growth and development; obstetrics; reproduction and fertility; epidemiology; behavioural sciences; nutrition and metabolism; teratology; neurology; brain biology; developmental psychology and screening.