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Published in final edited form as: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2012 Nov 16;98(1):299–307. doi: 10.1210/jc.2012-2482

Table 3.

Univariate associations between maternal plasma polyunsaturated fatty acids at 34 weeks gestation and offspring body composition at 4 and 6 years Associations are displayed as beta coefficients for standardised variables (SD/SD).

	4 years						6 years
	Height	Weight	Fat Mass	Lean Mass	% Fat Mass	% Lean Mass	Height	Weight	Fat Mass	Lean Mass	% Fat Mass	% Lean Mass
n-3 PUFA
Total n-3 PUFA	0.120^*	0.112	0.050	0.110	−0.006	0.002	0.132^*	0.155^**	0.094	0.138^*	0.048	−0.045
EPA	0.147^*	0.094	−0.018	0.132^*	−0.076	0.071	0.143^*	0.147^*	0.047	0.164^**	−0.009	0.010
DHA	0.107	0.101	0.039	0.101	−0.014	0.010	0.116^*	0.131^*	0.074	0.117^*	0.033	−0.030
n-6 PUFA
Total n-6 PUFA	0.079	0.153^**	0.184^**	0.077	0.138^*	−0.141^*	0.100	0.173^**	0.177^**	0.109	0.144^*	−0.145^*
LA	0.061	0.146^**	0.193^**	0.064	0.153^**	−0.157^**	0.082	0.156^**	0.175^**	0.089	0.148^*	−0.149^*
AA	0.082	0.126^*	0.132^*	0.078	0.087	−0.092	0.097	0.170^**	0.152^**	0.123^*	0.116^*	−0.116^*
n-3:n-6 PUFA ratio	0.094	−0.011	−0.134^*	0.072	−0.162^**	0.159^**	0.087	0.041	−0.051	0.083	−0.081	0.086

p<0.05

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p<0.01