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. 2012 Jan 25;12:81. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-81

Table 5.

Univariate Correlation matrix of family weight

Weight (kg)
Child Mother Father MGM MGF PGM PGF

Child r 1.000 0.216 ** 0.298 ** 0.192 * 0.049 0.137 0.215

P 0.000 0.000 0.015 0.627 0.194 0.111

n 467 201 160 100 92 56

Mother r 1.000 0.074 0.286 ** 0.342 ** 0.078 0.047

P 0.320 0.000 0.001 0.484 0.739

n 181 145 90 83 52

Father r 1.000 -0.219 0.057 0.136 0.304

P 0.054 0.683 0.368 0.123

n 78 54 46 27

MGM r 1.000 0.203 -0.105 -0.042

P 0.092 0.569 0.854

n 70 32 22

MGF r 1.000 0.071 0.241

P 0.741 0.320

n 24 19

PGM r 1.000 0.241

P 0.151

n 37

PGF r 1.000

P

n

**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed), *Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)

MGM: Maternal grandmother; MGF: Maternal grandfather; PGM: Paternal grandmother; PGF: Paternal grandfather