Table 4.
Multivariate analysis of independent variables in relation to the response variable (height-for-age), using the socioeconomic index wealth, of Xavante children < 10 years of age, according to age, Pimentel Barbosa village, Brazil, 2006.
| Age in years | Independent variables |
Linear coefficient |
Angular coefficient |
p-value | Adjusted R2 | F-test | p-value (F-test) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | -0.078 | 0.000 | |||||
| < 2 | -1.770 | 0.345 | 12.067 | 0.000 | |||
| Proportion of adults | 4.845 | 0.030 | |||||
| ≥ 2 and < 5 | Mother's BMI | -3.110 | 0.064 | 0.006 | 0.115 | 8.298 | 0.006 |
| Mother's height | 0.089 | 0.001 | |||||
| ≥ 5 | -15.009 | 0.171 | 8.434 | 0.001 | |||
| Income | 0.349 | 0.058 | |||||