. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 29.

Published in final edited form as: Prev Med. 2011 Mar 22;52(5):293–299. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.03.008

Table 3.

Multivariate regression to determine the linear combinations of reported obesity of the mother and father that best predicts body mass index and circumferences in walkers who averaged <1.5 km/d.

	Slopes ±SE
	Mother’s contribution	Father’s contribution
Female runners
BMI (kg/m²)	0.86±0.08^§	0.37±0.06^§
Waist circumference (cm)	1.65±0.21^§	1.40±0.22^§
Chest circumference (cm)	1.09±0.15^§	1.11±0.16^§
Hip circumference (cm)	2.06±0.20^§	1.57±0.21^§
Male runners
BMI (kg/m²)	0.87±0.14^§	0.93±0.09^§
Waist circumference (cm)	2.05±0.37^§	1.77±0.39^§
Chest circumference (cm)	1.87±0.37^§	1.43±0.38^‡

Adjusted for age, education, and alcohol intake. Significance levels coded:

P<0.05,

^†

P<0.01,

^‡

P<0.001,

^§

P<0.0001