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. 2017 May 30;14:70. doi: 10.1186/s12966-017-0528-5

Table 2.

Bivariate correlations between all study variables

Body fat (kg) Muscles (kg) Food responsiveness (FR) Satiety responsiveness (SR)
Mean (SD) Age 8 Age 10 Age 6 Age 8 Age 10 Age 6 Age 8 Age 10 Age 6 Age 8 Age 10
Body fat (kg) Age 6 4.38 (1.27) 0.82 0.74 0.65 0.64 0.62 0.31 0.35 0.36 −0.32 −0.30 −0.34
Body fat (kg) Age 8 5.32 (2.05) 0.88 0.58 0.61 0.62 0.27 0.37 0.38 −0.23 −0.31 −0.34
Body fat (kg) Age 10 6.97 (3.76) 0.54 0.54 0.64 0.21 0.29 0.38 −0.18 −0.23 −0.28
Muscles (kg) Age 6 17.98 (2.00) 0.87 0.82 0.21 0.27 0.23 −0.36 −0.35 −0.36
Muscles (kg) Age 8 23.47 (2.77) 0.86 0.21 0.29 0.27 −0.31 −0.34 −0.36
Muscles (kg) Age 10 38.47 (3.68) 0.18 0.27 0.29 −0.25 −0.27 -0.35
FR Age 6 1.90 (0.47) 0.65 0.61 −0.19 −0.19 -0.19
FR Age 8 1.87 (0.48) 0.68 −0.15 −0.23 -0.20
FR Age 10 1.89 (0.52) −0.15 −0.24 -0.23
SR Age 6 2.92 (0.50) 0.63 0.57
SR Age 8 2.80 (0.53) 0.67
SR Age 10 2.75 (0.56)

Note. FR Food responsiveness, SR Satiety responsiveness. All correlations were significant at p ≤ .001