Table 2 BMI z-scores, height and weight at baseline (age of 2) and change during the study (until the age of 5-7) of 2190 children divided in four groups based on BMI status.

-0.25^bcd

-0.91

0.43^acd

0.79

2.00^ab

0.50

1.85^ab

0.43

<0.0001

93.6^d

5.2

94.0^d

5.0

93.5^d

6.0

91.2^abc

5.0

<0.0001

13.9^bcd

1.7

14.7^acd

1.7

16.6^abd

2.2

15.6^abc

1.6

<0.0001

-0.19^bd

0.95

1.12^acd

0.92

-0.34^bd

0.67

-1.50^abc

0.55

<0.0001

28.8^cd

5.8

28.9^cd

7.9

30.7^ab

7.3

31.5^ab

6.0

<0.0001

8.5^bc

7.0;10.3

13.4^ad

10.5;16.0

13.1^ad

10.5;15.2

8.7^bc

7.5;10.0

<0.0001