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. 2016 Sep 7;104(4):1101–1109. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.116.139774

TABLE 5.

CIGS data: 8 largest correlations between deviations1

Age interval, wk
Age interval, wk 8–12 12–16 8–16
16–20 — 0.29 0.35
12–20 0.32 — —
16–24 — 0.27 0.31
12–24 0.29 — —
16–28 — 0.30 0.30
1

The correlations show that deviations between 8 and 16 wk are strongly correlated with adjacent deviations between 16 and 28 wk. Correlations (P < 0.0001) are based on a median of 250 infants. CIGS, Cambridge Infant Growth Study.