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. 2019 Oct 9;10:173. doi: 10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_143_18

Table 4.

Comparison of the correlation/regression of BMI and affected factors between girls and boys

Variables Unstandardized coefficients Standardized coefficients t R Sig. Correlations



B Beta Zero-order Partial







Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls
Age 0.002 0.0001 0.031 0.0001 1.827 −0.021 0.036 0.005 0.068 0.983 0.036 0.005 0.030 0.0001
Family size −0.016 −0.017 −0.025 −0.029 −1.405 −1.587 0.021 0.031 0.160 0.113 −0.022 −0.031 −0.023 −0.027
Number of children 0.011 0.024 0.006 0.014 0.338 0.784 0.009 0.007 0.736 0.433 −0.009 −0.007 0.006 0.014
Mother education −0.002 0.009 −0.005 0.027 −0.246 1.208 0.008 0.015 0.806 0.227 0.011 0.035 −0.004 0.021
Father education 0.004 -0.003 0.009 −0.009 0.454 −0.432 0.018 0.005 0.650 0.666 0.016 0.018 0.008 −0.007
Breastfeeding Duration (month) −0.002 −0.001 −0.037 −0.023 −2.204 −1.319 0.024 0.011 0.028 0.187 −0.024 −0.011 −0.036 −0.023
Watching TV (min) 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 −0.003 0.0001 −0.186 0.014 0.005 1.000 0.852 0.014 0.005 0.000 −0.003
Playing computer games (min) 0.0001 0.0001 0.023 0.025 1.376 1.423 0.034 0.030 0.169 0.155 0.034 0.030 0.023 0.025
Playing outdoors (min) 0.0001 0.0001 0.023 0.017 1.339 0.979 0.025 0.018 0.181 0.328 0.025 0.018 0.022 0.017
Sleep time (hours) −0.007 −0.018 −0.019 −0.056 −1.109 −3.182 0.022 0.054 0.268 0.001* −0.022 −0.054 −0.018 −0.055
Birth weight (kg) 0.093 0.095 0.091 0.103 5.384 5.828 0.085 0.099 0.0001* 0.0001* 0.086 0.099 0.089 0.100
Number of main eating 0.002 0.013 0.002 0.013 0.122 0.742 0.004 0.007 0.903 0.458 −0.004 0.007 0.002 0.013
Number of snacks 0.020 0.005 0.035 0.011 2.096 0.608 0.039 0.016 0.036* 0.543 0.039 0.016 0.035 0.011
Food security 0.018 0.020 0.034 0.042 2.047 2.405 0.034 0.042 0.041* 0.016* 0.034 0.042 0.034 0.042

*Correlation analysis based on Pearson and Spearman Rho regarding quantitative or qualitative variables. R was calculated using multiple regression test.