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. 2013 Oct;2(1):1–15.

Table 7.

Association between the children and their parents for physical activity measured by accelerometry, RMR, anthropometry, and residual of body fat-free mass and fat mass measured with DXA and deuterium dilution corrected for height and FFM, respectively

Mothers Fathers Mid-Parents
r 2 h 2 p n r 2 h 2 p n r 2 h 2 p n
RMR 0 0 0.93 69 4.1 0.1 0.12 61 2.9 0.18 0.2 59
BMI (kg/m2) 8 0.13 0.01 69 3.8 0.1 0.11 82 10.7 0.13 0.007 68
FM (DXA) 12.5 0.16 0.01 55 11.2 0.15 0.02 50 20.3 0.14 0.001 49
FFM (DXA) 10.3 0.16 0.02 55 11.2 0.15 0.02 50 19.1 0.13 0.002 49
FM (Deuterium) 1.4 0.04 0.42 50 14.2 0.11 0.01 43 10.1 0.06 0.06 37
FFM (Deuterium) 10.5 0.17 0.02 50 0.9 0.04 0.54 43 6 0.06 0.14 37
Trunk-FM 0.1 0.02 0.857 50 0 0.02 0.897 48 0 0.01 0.92 45
Abdomen-FM 1 0 0.498 50 0.1 0 0.82 48 0.1 0 0.88 45
Arms-FM 3.2 0.07 0.212 50 5.3 0.18 0.121 48 5.3 0.08 0.13 45
Legs-FM 0.5 0.01 0.634 51 6.3 0.07 0.081 49 3.9 0.03 0.19 46
Trunk -FFM 0.5 0.06 0.493 54 1.5 0.08 0.401 49 6.5 0.11 0.08 48
Abdomen-FFM 11.1 0.3 0.014 54 1 1.2 0.485 49 9.8 0.17 0.03 48
Arms-FFM 3.3 0.12 0.192 54 7.7 0.14 0.054 48 11.7 0.12 0.017 48
Legs-FFM 0.2 0.03 0.776 54 0.6 0.03 0.593 49 1 0.03 0.50 48
7 days PA 0.1 0.52 0.734 69 2.1 0.44 0.234 82 1.3 0.26 0.362 68
Weekend PA 0.8 0.25 0.423 69 2.7 0.43 0.180 80 0.7 0.17 0.49 66
Weekdays PA 0 0.05 0.877 69 0.6 0.24 0.521 82 0.7 0.2 0.51 68
Morning PA 13.4 0.8 0.001 69 0.1 0.01 0.812 82 10 0.62 0.009 67
Afternoon PA 2.2 0.62 0.181 69 0.4 0.2 0.630 82 1.5 0.35 0.33 67
Evening PA 0.1 0.08 0.831 69 0.4 0.18 0.624 82 0 0.03 0.9 68
Night PA 1.3 0 0.304 69 0.4 0 0.584 82 4.9 0 0.07 69

r2 = squared correlation, h²= heredity, p= P value, sd= standard deviation, RMR was corrected for FFM and FM before analysing for familial resemblance.