Neighborhood-level socioeconomic factors moderate the association between physical activity and relative age effect: a cross-sectional survey study with Japanese adolescents

• Main Authors: Takaaki Mori (Author), Takumi Aoki (Author), Kan Oishi (Author), Tetsuo Harada (Author), Chiaki Tanaka (Author), Shigeho Tanaka (Author), Hideki Tanaka (Author), Kazuhiko Fukuda (Author), Yasuko Kamikawa (Author), Nobuhiro Tsuji (Author), Keisuke Komura (Author), Shohei Kokudo (Author), Noriteru Morita (Author), Kazuhiro Suzuki (Author), Masashi Watanabe (Author), Ryoji Kasanami (Author), Taketaka Hara (Author), Ryo Miyazaki (Author), Takafumi Abe (Author), Koji Yamatsu (Author), Daisuke Kume (Author), Hedenori Asai (Author), Naofumi Yamamoto (Author), Taishi Tsuji (Author), Tomoki Nakaya (Author), Kojiro Ishii (Author)
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• Published: BMC, 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Relative age effect is defined as a phenomenon where children born early generally perform better than children born later in the same cohort. Physical activity is an important factor that might be influenced by the relative age effect. Socioeconomic factors (e.g., parent's...