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. 2015 Jun 15;114(1):118–125. doi: 10.1017/S0007114515001488

Table 3.

Evaluation of the goodness of fit of analysed models (The 1993 Pelotas Birth Cohort, Brazil)

n R 2 Adjusted R 2 AIC MSE
Outcome: fat mass index
Model 1* 3788 0·01 0·01 10 720·28 1·00
Model 2 3345 0·02 0·01 9471·34 0·99
Model 3 3345 0·02 0·01 9465·31 0·99
Outcome: fat-free mass index
Model 1* 3788 0·003 0·002 10 777·17 1·00
Model 2 3345 0·02 0·01 9503·96 1·00
Model 3 3345 0·02 0·01 9506·15 1·00
Outcome: BMI
Model 1* 3788 0·005 0·004 10 770·88 1·00
Model 2 3345 0·02 0·01 9525·77 1·00
Model 3 3345 0·02 0·01 9523·82 1·00

AIC, Akaike's information criterion; MSE, mean squared error.

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Birth order and total siblings adjusted one for each other.

Birth order and younger siblings adjusted for confounding variables: family income, maternal education, presence of the father, maternal skin colour, maternal age at birth, maternal height, gestational weight gain, pregnancy smoking consumption, pregnancy alcohol consumption, gestational systemic hypertension and gestational diabetes.

Total siblings adjusted for confounding variables: family income, maternal education, presence of the father, maternal skin colour, maternal age at birth, maternal height, gestational weight gain, pregnancy smoking consumption, pregnancy alcohol consumption, gestational systemic hypertension and gestational diabetes.