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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 12.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2010 Mar 15;157(1):20–25.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.12.054

Table 3.

Longitudinal regression models examining the concurrent relationship between anthropomety and motor development from 3 to 18 months of age.*

Developmental Status
Outcomes
Anthropometric Exposures
Weight-for-length
z-score
Overweight Sum of
Skinfolds
High Subcutaneous
Fat
Psychomotor
Development Index
β (95% CI) 0.79 (−0.01, 1.58) 1.21 (−0.78, 3.20) −0.01 (−0.16, 0.15) −2.79 (−5.32, −0.26)
Low psychomotor
development §
Odds Ratio (95% CI) 1.21 (0.97, 1.50) 1.67 (1.01, 2.79) 1.03 (0.99, 1.08) 2.21 (1.18, 4.14)
*

The multivariate models adjust for infant age, infant age squared term, and infant sex.

Weight-for-length z-score≥90th CDC/NCHS 2000 percentile

>90th percentile of study sample

§

Psychomotor Development Index Score<85