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. 2017 Mar;182:85–91.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.12.020

Table VII.

IQ, years of schooling, and income at 30 years, according to conditional growth in childhood

Regression coefficient (95% CI)
IQ (points) Years of schooling Monthly income (R$)
Crude Adjusted Crude Adjusted Crude Adjusted
Conditional lengthat 2 years (z-score) P < .001* P < .001* P < .001* P < .001* P < .001* P = .06
 ≤−1 Reference(0) Reference(0) Reference(0) Reference(0) Reference(0) Reference(0)
 −0.99to−0.01 4.36(2.90to5.83) 2.11(0.79to3.42) 1.50(1.03to1.97) 0.73(0.32to1.13) 336(115to558) 106(−105to317)
 0.00to0.99 7.95(6.48to9.41) 3.98(2.64to5.32) 2.68(2.22to3.15) 1.30(0.89to1.72) 458(236to680) 33(−183to249)
 ≥1 10.52(8.79to12.24) 4.41(2.79to6.02) 3.80(3.25to4.35) 1.62(1.12to2.12) 961(700to1221) 299(39to558)
Conditional relative weightat 2 years(z-score) P = .02* P = .04* P = .004 P = .04 P = .02* P = .05*
 ≤−1 Reference(0) Reference(0) Reference(0) Reference(0) Reference(0) Reference(0)
 −0.99to−0.01 1.08(−0.37to2.53) 0.26(−1.03to1.55) 0.57(0.11to1.03) 0.26(−0.14to0.66) 61(−159to280) −38(−245to170)
 0.00to0.99 1.30(−0.17to2.77) 0.60(−0.71to1.91) 0.84(0.37to1.30) 0.54(0.14to0.95) 184(−39to407) 91(−120to301)
 ≥1 2.09(0.38to3.81) 1.49(−0.04to3.01) 0.78(0.24to1.33) 0.50(0.03to0.97) 258(−1to518) 170(−76to416)
Conditional heightat 4 years(z-score) P < .001 P = .51 P < .001 P = .56 P < .001 P = .15
 ≤−1 Reference(0) Reference(0) Reference(0) Reference(0) Reference(0) Reference(0)
 −0.99to−0.01 2.05(0.58to3.52) 0.63(−0.68to1.95) 0.68(0.22to1.15) 0.14(−0.27to0.54) 367(145to589) 214(3to425)
 0.00to0.99 3.03(1.55to4.51) 1.03(−0.31to2.36) 0.98(0.51to1.45) 0.22(−0.19to0.63) 461(237to686) 243(29to457)
 ≥1 2.50(0.76to4.24) 0.74(−0.83to2.31) 0.71(0.15to1.26) −0.03(−0.51to0.45) 376(112to639) 179(−73to431)
Conditional relative weight4 years(z-score) P = .07* P = .15 P = .09* P = .24* P = .15 P = .17
 ≤−1 Reference(0) Reference(0) Reference(0) Reference(0) Reference(0) Reference(0)
 −0.99to−0.01 −0.30(−1.81to1.20) 0.05(−1.30to1.39) −0.24(−0.72to0.24) −0.10(−0.51to0.32) −15(−243to214) 34(−182to250)
 0.00to0.99 −0.14(−1.69to1.41) 0.17(−1.21to1.55) −0.24(−0.74to0.25) −0.11(−0.54to0.31) 151(−84to386) 187(−35to409)
 ≥1 −1.99(−3.80to−0.17) −1.33(−2.95to0.29) −0.57(−1.15to0.01) −0.32(−0.82to0.18) −65(−341to210) 23(−238to284)

Adjusted for family income at birth, parental years of schooling, household index score, maternal skin color, maternal smoking during pregnancy, birthweight and breastfeeding duration.

*

Test for linear trend.

Test for heterogeneity.