Table 2.

Length from birth to 4 years and hip geometry at six years (adjusted for daily milk intake at 6 years). Table shows the standardised β (SD/SD) and significance level.

		Total hip				Narrow-neck			Intertrochanter
	BA	BMC	aBMD	scBMC	CSA	CT	CSMI	Z	CSA	Z	CSMI
11-19 week: Conditional length z-score	0.16**	0.13*	0.049	−0.028	0.1	0.037	0.11	0.099	0.12*	0.11	0.15*
19-34 week: Conditional length z-score	0.22†	0.24†	0.16**	0.059	0.26†	0.22†	0.26†	0.26†	0.26†	0.27†	0.27†
0-1year: Conditional length z-score	0.34†	0.24†	0.00039	−0.16**	0.22†	0.077	0.28†	0.25†	0.19**	0.26†	0.29†
1-2 year: Conditional length z-score	0.40†	0.39†	0.21†	0.075	0.34†	0.22†	0.34†	0.33†	0.33†	0.35†	0.35†
2-3 year: Conditional length z-score	0.19**	0.19†	0.12*	0.039	0.22†	0.12*	0.24†	0.23†	0.20†	0.21†	0.21†
3-4 year: Conditional length z-score	0.12	0.14*	0.094	0.038	0.11	0.077	0.11	0.098	0.15*	0.13	0.15*
4-6 year: Conditional length z-score	0.18**	0.16*	0.076	−0.02	0.13	0.093	0.11	0.14	0.16*	0.18**	0.19**

BA = bone area; BMC = bone mineral content; aBMD = areal bone mineral density; scBMC = size-corrected bone mineral content; CSA = cross-sectional area; CT = average cortical thickness; CSMI = cross-sectional moment of inertia; Z = section modulus;

^*p<0.05;

^**p<0.01;

^†p<0.001