Table 4. Summary of the results of the analyses and the interpretation per age interval based on criteria a, b and c.
Age interval | Criterion a. Relation with adult overweight according to Students t tests | Criterion b. Significance of ZT1 as predictor in addition to the significance of ZT2 as predictor in a multiple linear regression analyses | Criterion c. High correlation of BMI SDS at a certain age with BMI SDS at adulthood at the end of the period | Critical age interval based on results of analyses concerning criteria a, b and c. | Confirmation of other study results [reference(s)] |
0–8 d | NS | NS | no | no | no [9] |
8 d-4 m | NS | yes** | no | no | no [9], [10], [17] |
4 m-1 y | yes* | NS | no | no | partly, concerning results of t-tests [10] |
1–2 y | NS | yes* | no | no | yes [17] |
2–6 y | yes** | yes** | yes** | yes | yes [5], [15], [21] |
6–10 y | yes** | NS | yes** | yo | possibly, not validated yet [16] |
10–18 y | yes** | yes** | yes** | yes | yes [25] |
NS not statistically significant (p>0.05),
*P = 0.001,
**P<0.001.