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. 2017 Apr 26;3(2):127–133. doi: 10.1002/osp4.90

Table 3.

Relationship between maternal BMI and daughter's BMI at each target age

Target age N Spearman correlation (rho) Standardized β coefficient
0 178 0.025 0.028
0.5 154 −0.032 0.077
1 155 0.110 0.113
1.5 146 0.176* 0.216**
2 137 0.173 0.248**
2.5 141 0.248* 0.333**
3 145 0.264* 0.317**
4 156 0.338* 0.353**
5 144 0.339* 0.409**
6 143 0.333* 0.414**
7 146 0.390* 0.508**
8 144 0.380* 0.417**
9 142 0.424* 0.564**
10 152 0.402* 0.465**
11 147 0.382* 0.447**
12 138 0.389* 0.382**
13 134 0.366* 0.391**
14 134 0.374* 0.396**
15 115 0.345* 0.266**
16 118 0.272* 0.341**
17 113 0.272* 0.425**
18 66 0.269* 0.461**

Standardized β coefficients were obtained from linear regression models adjusting for maternal birth year.

*

Significance at p ≤ 0.05.

**

Significance at adjusted p ≤ 0.05.

BMI, body mass index; N, sample size.