Early sexual maturation, central adiposity and subsequent overweight in late adolescence. A four-year follow-up of 1605 adolescent Norwegian boys and girls: the Young HUNT study

Table 3 The independent and combined influence of timing of sexual maturation (SM timing^a) and waist circumference on log-transformed mean BMI at follow-up, reported as standardised beta coefficients^b

Independent variables	Boys				Girls
	Model 1		Model 2		Model 1		Model 2
	β	P-value	β	P-value	β	P-value	β	P-value
SM timing^a	0.09	< .000	0.12	.65	-0.09	.002	0.68	.006
Waist circumference	0.68	.005	0.69	< .000	0.60	< .000	1.53	< .000
SM timing*waist circumference			-0.03	.92			-1.11	.002
Model, adjusted R ²	0.48		0.48		0.39		0.39

^a SM timing denotes pubertal status in boys and age at menarche in girls, both included as continuous variables in analyses
^b Coefficients are adjusted for age at baseline.

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