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Table 4 Univariate correlation matrix of family BMI

From: Body mass index and height over three generations: evidence from the Lifeways cross-generational cohort study

     

Body Mass Index (kg/m2)

   
  

Child

Mother

 

Father

MGM

 

MGF

 

PGM

PGF

Child

r

1.000

0.200

**

0.111

0.201

*

-0.122

 

-0.074

0.119

 

P

 

0.000

 

0.126

0.015

 

0.232

 

0.506

0.396

 

n

 

454

 

191

147

 

98

 

84

53

Mother

r

 

1.000

 

0.075

0.269

**

0.302

**

0.061

-0.002

 

P

   

0.330

0.002

 

0.005

 

0.609

0.884

 

n

   

171

128

 

83

 

73

45

Father

r

   

1.000

-0.188

 

0.075

 

0.085

-0.059

 

P

    

0.125

 

0.599

 

0.591

0.779

 

n

    

68

 

51

 

42

25

MGM

r

    

1.000

 

-0.002

 

-0.039

-0.135

 

P

      

0.990

 

0.847

0.594

 

n

      

65

 

27

18

MGF

r

      

1.000

 

-0.019

0.214

 

P

        

0.933

0.379

 

n

        

23

19

PGM

r

        

1.000

0.099

 

P

         

0.565

 

n

         

36

PGF

r

         

1.000

 

P

          
 

n

          
  1. **Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed), *Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)
  2. MGM: Maternal grandmother; MGF: Maternal grandfather; PGM: Paternal grandmother; PGF: Paternal grandfather