Table 4b. Longitudinal associations between body composition and metabolic risk from 7 to 12 years. Correlations of change in size, body composition and metabolic risk from 7 to 12 years.
| Δ BMI | Δ Lean | Δ Fat | Δ Leptin | Δ Insulin resistance | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Boys |
Girls |
Boys |
Girls |
Boys |
Girls |
Boys |
Girls |
Boys |
Girls |
| Δ Height | 0.37# | 0.46# | 0.77# | 0.80# | 0.27# | 0.20* | 0.12 | 0.17 | 0.23** | 0.36# |
| Δ BMI | — | — | 0.46# | 0.58# | 0.81# | 0.70# | 0.67# | 0.57# | 0.38# | 0.47# |
| Δ Lean | — | — | — | — | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.18 | 0.29# | 0.39# |
| Δ Fat | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.68# | 0.56# | 0.25** | 0.41# |
| Δ Leptin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.44# | 0.50# |
Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index.
Fat mass, insulin and leptin are natural log-transformed.
#P<0.001; **P<0.01; *P<0.05.