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

Table 6.

Univariate correlation matrix of family height

Height (cm)
Child Mother Father MGM MGF PGM PGF

Child r 1.000 0.329 ** 0.413 ** 0.166 * 0.196 * 0.248 * 0.316 *

P 0.000 0.000 0.031 0.036 0.015 0.012

n 529 501 208 169 114 96 62

Mother r 1.000 0.208 ** 0.357 ** 0.426 ** 0.097 0.127

P 0.003 0.000 0.000 0.359 0.350

n 201 160 108 91 56

Father r 1.000 0.156 0.219 0.357 ** 0.279

P 0.167 0.096 0.007 0.136

n 80 59 55 30

MGM r 1.000 0.376 ** -0.082 -0.452

P 0.001 0.633 0.020

n 80 36 26

MGF r 1.000 0.088 0.111

P 0.662 0.615

n 27 23

PGM r 1.000 0.422 *

P 0.005

n 42

PGF r 1.000

P

n 62

**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