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Table 4 Developmental predictors of maternal investment, age at menarche, adult adiposity and FFMI indices

From: Maternal investment, life-history trajectory of the off-spring and cardiovascular disease risk in Emirati females in the United Arab Emirates

Outcome

Predictors

β

SE

p-value

R2

Ln Waist Circumference (cm)

Constant

4.368

0.105

< 0.001

0.100

Birth Weight SDS

0.035

0.013

0.009

 

Age at menarche (year)

−0.012

0.008

0.171

 

Ln FMI (kg/m2)

Constant

3.145

0.309

< 0.0001

0.162

Birth Weight SDS

0.087

0.039

0.027

 

Age at menarche (year)

−0.080

0.025

0.002

 

FFMI (kg/m2)

Constant

15.650

1.281

< 0.001

0.132

Birth Weight SDS

0.485

0.160

0.003

 

Age at menarche (year)

−0.181

0.102

0.079

 

Ln Waist Circumference (cm)

Constant

4.566

0.161

< 0.001

0.192

Birth Weight SDS

0.038

0.013

0.005

 

Age at menarche (year)

−0.009

0.008

0.264

 

Breast feeding (months)

−0.011

0.007

0.110

 

FFMI (kg/m2)

Constant

11.879

1.915

< 0.001

0.192

 

Birth Weight SDS

0.431

0.157

0.007

 
 

Age at menarche (year)

−0.222

0.100

0.029

 
 

Age (year)

0.217

0.084

0.011

 
  1. β change in the outcome resulting from a one-unit change in the predictor value, SE Standard Error, p significance < 0.05, R2 % of variance explained by the model