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Table 5.

Correlations between anthropometric variables in parents and children (Pearson's r).

	Girls (n = 93)					Boys (n = 80)
	Height	BMI	WHtR^a	T/E SKF^a	Triceps SKF^a	Height	BMI	WHtR^a	T/E SKF^a	Triceps SKF^a
Child BMI	0.196	—	—	—	—	0.304***	—	—	—	—
Child WHtR^a	–0.023	0.897***	—	—	—	–0.002	0.881***	—	—	—
Child T/E SKF^a	0.268***	0.509***	0.497***	—	—	0.454***	0.573***	0.433***	—	—
Child Triceps SKF^a	0.133	0.748***	0.700***	0.125	—	0.019	0.764***	0.797***	0.076	—
Maternal height	0.359***	–0.029	–0.050	0.151	–0.075	0.337***	0.132	0.056	–0.079	0.209
Paternal height	0.297***	0.004	–0.042	–0.063	0.111	0.145	0.068	0.034	0.012	0.182
Midparental height^b	0.423***	–0.014	–0.060	0.044	0.035	0.324***	0.134	0.060	–0.047	0.259*
Maternal BMI	0.094	0.351***	0.324***	0.172	0.350***	0.181	0.286***	0.225*	0.129	0.279*
Paternal BMI	–0.160	0.215*	0.204*	0.291***	0.011	0.066	0.315***	0.263*	0.254*	0.133
Maternal W²HtR^a	0.123	0.189	0.199	0.201	0.211*	0.271*	0.307***	0.261*	0.236*	0.301***
Paternal W²HtR^a	–0.087	0.068	0.108	0.198	–0.065	0.070	0.210	0.198	0.192	0.120

Notes: ^a Log-transformed; ^b For girls = (father's height – 13 cm + mother's height)/2; For boys = (mother's height + 13 cm + father's height)/2. * p ≤ 0.05, ** p ≤ 0.01, *** p ≤ 0.001; Bonferroni-corrected α = 0.004.

Abbreviations: BMI = body mass index; SKF = skinfold thickness; T/E SKF = trunk-to-extremity SKF; W²HtR = waist² × 10/ht; WHtR = waist-to-height ratio.