TABLE 3.

Parsimonious and full model comparison: offspring HTH MD and early‐childhood BF%

	Parsimonious model			Full model
Independent variable	$\widehat{\beta }$	${R^2}_{\mathit{\text{partial}}}$	p	$\widehat{\beta }$	${R^2}_{\mathit{\text{partial}}}$	p
HTH MD	0.32	14.8%	0.019	0.41	17.2%	0.037
Breastfeeding status	na	na	na	0.22	5.0%	0.210
SES	na	na	na	0.26	7.4%	0.125
Hispanic (yes)	na	na	na	0.63	9.0%	0.090
Obstetric risk (yes)	na	na	na	−0.23	1.5%	0.493

Note: Infant HTH MD was associated with early‐childhood BF%.

Abbreviations: BF%, body fat percentage; HTH, hypothalamic; MD, mean diffusivity; na, not applicable; SES, socioeconomic status.