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Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmology. 2013 Feb 14;120(5):1064–73.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.11.004

Table 6.

Associations between various growth periods and corneal curvature at 15 years (minimum n=2,549)

	Model 1^a		Model 2^b		Model 3^c
	Effect size (95% CI)	p-value	Effect size (95% CI)	p-value	Effect size (95% CI)	p-value

Height: Birth	0.060 (0.050, 0.070)	<0.0001			0.054 (0.049, 0.072)	<0.0001
Height: 0-2 months	0.059(,0.048, 0.069)	<0.0001	0.031 (0.016, 0.045)	<0.0001	0.030 (0.013, 0.047)	0.001
Height: 2-11 months	0.005(−0.005, 0.015)	0.338	0.023 (0.010, 0.036)	<0.0001	0.021 (0.005, 0.037)	0.009
Height: 11-32 months	0.026 (0.016, 0.036)	<0.0001	0.015 (0.005, 0.025)	0.003	0.016 (0.004, 0.028)	0.009
Height 32-120 months	0.025 (0.016, 0.033)	<0.0001	0.001 (−0.009, 0.012)	0.791	−0.002 (−0.014, 0.010)	0.749

Weight: Birth	0.054 (0.044, 0.063)	<0.0001			0.046 (0.032, 0.058)	<0.0001
Weight: 0-4 months	0.029 (0.019, 0.039)	<0.0001	0.023 (0.013, 0.033)	<0.0001	0.025 (0.013, 0.036)	<0.0001
Weight: 4-10 months	0.019 (0.009, 0.029)	<0.0001	0.031 (0.021, 0.041)	<0.0001	0.027 (0.015, 0.039)	<0.0001
Weight: 10-80 months	0.025 (0.015, 0.034)	<0.0001	0.006 (−0.004, 0.006)	0.242	0.017 (0.004, 0.030)	0.011
Weight 80-120 months	0.009 (0.001, 0.018)	0.031	−0.018 (−0.032, −0.004)	0.012	−0.004 (−0.022, 0.014)	0.647

Weight for height: Birth	0.021 (0.006, 0.036)	0.007			0.019 (0.007, 0.031)	<0.0001
Weight for height: 0-4 months	0.004 (−0.007, 0.015)	0.486	0.008 (−0.003, 0.020)	0.139	0.011 (−0.002, 0.024)	0.105
Weight for height: 4-10 months	0.020 (0.010, 0.032)	<0.0001	0.021 (0.009, 0.032)	<0.0001	0.017 (0.004, 0.030)	0.012
Weight for height: 10-80 months	0.015 (0.004, 0.027)	0.01	−0.007 (−0.019, 0.005)	0.227	0.004 (−0.012, 0.020)	0.606
Weight for height: 80-120 months	−0.007 (−0.018, 0.003)	0.167	−0.020 (−0.035, −0.055)	0.008	−0.005 (−0.024, 0.014)	0.572

Adjusted for gender (boy, girl);

Adjusted for gender (boy, girl) and all preceding growth periods;

Adjusted for gender (boy, girl), all preceding growth periods and fat mass (kg) at time of outcome, family social class (I, II, III NM, III M, IV, V), gestation (in weeks), maternal age, breastfeeding duration (Never, 1-4 months, 4+ months), parity (0, 1, 2+), maternal smoking in pregnancy (Yes, No), number of myopic parents (0, 1, 2), time spent reading for pleasure (High, Low), time spent outdoors (High, Low), and ethnicity (white European, other).

Abbreviations: CI – Confidence Interval