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Table 3 Associations between Parent/Offspring BMI/EA (full model, see Fig. 1)

From: Intergenerational transmission of body mass index and associations with educational attainment

 

Raw

Standardized

 

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Total

Sons

BMI

Estimate

Lower CI

Upper CI

Estimate

Lower CI

Upper CI

Estimate

Direct + indirect

 Paternal BMI

0.192*

0.140

0.244

0.207

0.151

0.263

0.047

0.254

 Maternal BMI

0.105*

0.069

0.141

0.154

0.101

0.207

0.064

0.218

 Paternal EA

-0.066

-0.195

0.064

-0.040

-0.119

0.039

-0.068

-0.108

 Maternal EA

-0.055

-0.191

0.081

-0.030

-0.102

0.043

-0.072

-0.101

EA

 Paternal EA

0.247*

0.151

0.343

0.273

0.167

0.380

0.107

0.381

 Maternal EA

0.165*

0.058

0.272

0.161

0.057

0.265

0.164

0.326

 Paternal BMI

-0.030

-0.084

0.025

-0.059

-0.166

0.049

-0.074

-0.132

 Maternal BMI

-0.031

-0.064

0.002

-0.083

-0.173

0.006

-0.091

-0.175

EA-BMI residual correlation

-0.405*

-0.663

-0.148

-0.097

-0.149

-0.044

  

Daughters

BMI

Estimate

Lower CI

Upper CI

Estimate

Lower CI

Upper CI

Estimate

Direct + indirect

 Paternal BMI

0.235*

0.183

0.287

0.211

0.164

0.258

0.071

0.282

 Maternal BMI

0.202*

0.168

0.236

0.248

0.206

0.289

0.065

0.313

 Paternal EA

-0.065

-0.188

0.059

-0.033

-0.095

0.030

-0.089

-0.122

 Maternal EA

-0.077

-0.203

0.048

-0.034

-0.090

0.022

-0.083

-0.118

EA

        

 Paternal EA

0.127*

0.054

0.200

0.155

0.066

0.243

0.168

0.323

 Maternal EA

0.271*

0.199

0.344

0.290

0.212

0.367

0.097

0.387

 Paternal BMI

-0.040

-0.077

-0.003

-0.085

-0.165

-0.006

-0.063

-0.148

 Maternal BMI

-0.011

-0.035

0.013

-0.033

-0.104

0.039

-0.096

-0.129

EA-BMI residual correlation

-0.490*

-0.692

-0.289

-0.104

-0.144

-0.065

  
  1. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index; EA educational attainment; CI confidence interval
  2. *p<0.01