Table 3.

Bivariate associations between pubertal development trajectories, BMI trajectories and adult height, and adult body composition, in male and female participants of the Birth-to-twenty Plus cohort study.

Variables	Males		Females
	N	Coefficient (SE)	N	Coefficient (SE)
Fat mass
Pubertal development trajectories
1 - Slowest	123	Reference	90	Reference
2	187	0.07 (0.05)	129	0.11 (0.05)*
3	129	0.17 (0.05)**	144	0.08 (0.05)
4 - Fastest	58	0.15 (0.07)*	122	0.27 (0.05)**
BMI trajectories
0	419	Reference	350	Reference
1	22	0.59 (0.08)**	44	0.28 (0.06)**
2	5	0.86 (0.17)**	13	0.28 (0.10)**
3		N/A	18	0.64 (0.09)**
Height at 23 years	482	0.01 (0.003)**	470	0.01 (0.003)
Fat free mass
Pubertal development trajectories
1 - Slowest	126	Reference	96	Reference
2	197	0.02 (0.02)	134	0.02 (0.02)
3	136	0.03 (0.02)*	153	0.02 (0.02)
4 - Fastest	59	0.04 (0.02)	127	0.09 (0.02)**
BMI trajectories
0	436	Reference	368	Reference
1	23	0.07 (0.03)*	45	0.05 (0.02)*
2	5	0.24 (0.06)**	14	0.10 (0.04)**
3		N/A	19	0All values are linear regression coefficients with standard errors in parentheses; Significance.20 (0.03)**
Height at 23 years	503	0.01 (0.003)**	494	0.01 (0.003)**

All values are linear regression coefficients with standard errors in parentheses; Significance levels: **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05. Males BMI trajectories: (0) normal weight, (1) early onset overweight to normal and (2) early onset overweight to obese; Females BMI trajectories: (0) normal weight, (1) late onset overweight (2), early onset obesity to overweight and (3) early onset obesity to morbid obese.