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Table 5 Univariate Correlation matrix of family weight

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

						Weight (kg)
		Child	Mother		Father		MGM		MGF		PGM	PGF
Child	r	1.000	0.216	**	0.298	**	0.192	*	0.049		0.137	0.215
	P		0.000		0.000		0.015		0.627		0.194	0.111
	n		467		201		160		100		92	56
Mother	r		1.000		0.074		0.286	**	0.342	**	0.078	0.047
	P				0.320		0.000		0.001		0.484	0.739
	n				181		145		90		83	52
Father	r				1.000		-0.219		0.057		0.136	0.304
	P						0.054		0.683		0.368	0.123
	n						78		54		46	27
MGM	r						1.000		0.203		-0.105	-0.042
	P								0.092		0.569	0.854
	n								70		32	22
MGF	r								1.000		0.071	0.241
	P										0.741	0.320
	n										24	19
PGM	r										1.000	0.241
	P											0.151
	n											37
PGF	r											1.000
	P
	n

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

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