TABLE 2.

Pearson's correlation coefficients for anthropometric data of mothers and their sons (n = 146,894 Swedish mother-son groups)¹

	Mothers					Sons
	Height2	Weight2	BMI2	Absolute weight gain3	Gestational age	Birth weight	Weight4	Height4	BMI4
Mothers
Height2	1
Weight2	0.38	1
BMI2	−0.12	0.85	1
Absolute weight gain3	0.10	−0.01	−0.06	1
Gestational age	0.06	0.07	0.04	0.13	1
Sons
Birth weight	0.17	0.22	0.15	0.24	0.55	1
Weight4	0.17	0.32	0.25	0.09	0.03	0.18	1
Height4	0.46	0.23	0.02	0.08	0.05	0.27	0.39	1
BMI4	−0.02	0.25	0.27	0.06	0.01	0.08	0.91	−0.03	1

¹P < 0.001 (t test) for all variables.

²Measured at the first antenatal clinic visit.

³Difference between maternal weight measured after delivery of the infant and placenta and maternal weight at the first antenatal clinic visit.

⁴Measured at the conscription examination when the son was 18 y of age on average.