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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 10.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Hum Biol. 2011 Nov 28;24(1):5–13. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.21227

TABLE 4.

Coefficients from multiple regression models relating standardized conditional weight scores to adult fat-free mass (kg)

Males Females
Unadjusted Adjusteda Unadjusted Adjusteda
β 95% CI P β 95% CI p β 95% CI p β 95% CI p
Guatemala
 Birth 2.31 (1.48, 3.15) 0.0001 0.90 (0.08, 1.72) 0.031 1.13 (0.55, 1.70) 0.0001 0.75 (0.22, 1.28) 0.006
 12m 1.34 (0.47, 2.22) 0.003 0.63 (−0.15, 1.40) 0.112 1.02 (0.44, 1.59) 0.001 0.33 (−0.26, .92) 0.274
 24m 1.48 (0.66, 2.30) 0.001 0.67 (−0.07, 1.41) 0.075 0.72 (0.15, 1.28) 0.013 0.26 (−0.29, 0.82) 0.343
 Mid-childhood 1.19 (0.31, 2.06) 0.008 0.80 (0.04, 1.55) 0.038 0.50 (−0.11, 1.11) 0.107 0.26 (−0.30, 0.82) 0.363
 R2 0.34 0.54 0.28 0.47
India
 Birth 1.65 (1.08, 2.22) 0.0001 1.03 (0.47, 1.58) 0.0001 1.62 (1.15, 2.09) 0.0001 1.20 (0.73, 1.66) 0.0001
 12m 3.21 (2.64, 3.78) 0.0001 2.12 (1.52, 2.73) 0.0001 2.18 (1.70, 2.66) 0.0001 1.43 (0.92, 1.94) 0.0001
 24m 1.79 (1.22, 2.37) 0.0001 1.28 (0.72, 1.84) 0.0001 1.35 (0.88, 1.82) 0.0001 1.02 (0.56, 1.48) 0.0001
 Mid-childhood 2.04 (1.47, 2.61) 0.0001 1.55 (0.99, 2.10) 0.0001 1.08 (0.59, 1.56) 0.0001 0.89 (0.42, 1.36) 0.0001
 R2 0.31 0.39 0.32 0.40
Philippines
 Birth 1.21 (0.95, 1.47) 0.0001 0.90 (0.65, 1.16) 0.0001 1.14 (0.92, 1.37) 0.0001 0.90 (0.68, 1.13) 0.0001
 12m 2.83 (2.55, 3.11) 0.0001 2.18 (1.88, 2.47) 0.0001 1.38 (1.14, 1.62) 0.0001 1.02 (0.77, 1.28) 0.0001
 24m 1.25 (0.98, 1.52) 0.0001 0.95 (0.68, 1.21) 0.0001 0.61 (0.37, 0.84) 0.0001 0.36 (0.13, 0.59) 0.002
 Mid-childhoodb 2.74 (2.48, 3.01) 0.0001 2.31 (2.04, 2.57) 0.0001 2.08 (1.86, 2.31) 0.0001 1.80 (1.57, 2.03) 0.0001
 R2 0.52 0.57 0.44 0.51
South Africa
 Birth 2.05 (1.20, 2.89) 0.0001 1.04 (0.35, 1.73) 0.004 1.80 (1.30, 2.30) 0.0001 1.38 (0.89, 1.88) 0.0001
 12m 2.32 (1.44, 3.21) 0.0001 1.12 (0.38, 1.87) 0.003 2.11 (1.59, 2.62) 0.0001 1.66 (1.16, 2.17) 0.0001
 24m 0.82 (−0.02, 1.65) 0.056 0.38 (−0.28, 1.05) 0.259 1.29 (0.80, 1.78) 0.0001 1.09 (0.63, 1.56) 0.0001
 Mid-childhoodb 2.94 (2.11, 3.77) 0.0001 1.84 (1.15, 2.53) 0.0001 1.75 (1.23, 2.27) 0.0001 1.32 (0.81, 1.84) 0.0001
 R2 0.39 0.63 0.57 0.64
Brazil
 Birth 2.70 (1.89, 3.52) 0.0001 2.04 (1.20, 2.87) 0.0001
 12m 2.97 (2.12, 3.83) 0.0001 2.32 (1.45, 3.19) 0.0001
 24m 3.17 (2.32, 4.01) 0.0001 2.57 (1.71, 3.42) 0.0001
 Mid-childhood 3.54 (2.75, 4.34) 0.0001 3.41 (2.63, 4.19) 0.0001
 R2 0.39 0.42
a

adjusted for age, height and in females also for parity,

b

interpolated (see Methods)