Sports-related factors and stunting in children under 5 years old: a cross-sectional study across 471 counties in 31 provincial regions of China.

BMC Public Health · 2025 · PMC12217810 · PMID 40604800

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approached significancep = 0.092so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Ethnicity approached significance with the chi-square test showing (Χ2=4.761, p = 0.092, Crammer’s V = 0.052), suggesting a potential influence; however, this was not confirmed in the logistic regression analysis.

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