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. 2012 Mar 28;95(5):1150–1156. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.111.027870

TABLE 2.

Longitudinal multilevel modeling of the associations between the risk-allele score with changes in weight, BMI, and height SDS1

N Effect size per risk allele per year2 95% CI P3
Change in weight SDS
 0–11 y 2537 0.0027 (0.0011, 0.0042) 0.001
 11–53 y 2537 −0.0003 (−0.0006, 0.0000) 0.023
Change in BMI SDS
 2–11 y 2465 0.0049 (0.0024, 0.0074) <0.001
 11–53 y 2537 −0.0005 (−0.0009, −0.0002) 0.001
Change in height SDS
 2–7 y 2461 0.0065 (0.0029, 0.0100) <0.001
 7–20 y 2414 −0.0014 (−0.0024, 0.0004) 0.008
1

SDS, SD scores.

2

Regression coefficients from the interaction term “risk-allele score × age” represent the association between risk-allele score and changes in weight, BMI, or height SDS per risk allele per year.

3

Statistical tests were performed by using multilevel modeling.