TABLE 3.

Multiple regressions of future weight on recent deviation and current weight Equation 5 by cohort and age (Figure 2): z score scale¹

Cohort	Current age	r12.232	Recent deviation, b ± SE	Current weight, c ± SE	Intercept, a ± SE
Widdowson	3 mo	0.23	0.24 ± 0.03	1.15 ± 0.03	0.17 ± 0.01
CIGS	16 wk	0.29	0.31 ± 0.06	0.96 ± 0.02	0.06 ± 0.02
Widdowson	10 mo	−0.23	−0.20 ± 0.03	0.78 ± 0.03	0.05 ± 0.01
CIGS	48 wk	−0.32	−0.33 ± 0.07	0.95 ± 0.01	0.03 ± 0.01

¹Each row represents 1 regression model. a, b, and c are coefficients in Equation 5. CIGS, Cambridge Infant Growth Study.

²Correlation of deviations d₁₂ and d₂₃ Equation 2.