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Table 6 Univariate correlation matrix of family height

From: Body mass index and height over three generations: evidence from the Lifeways cross-generational cohort study

							Height (cm)
		Child	Mother		Father		MGM		MGF		PGM		PGF
Child	r	1.000	0.329	**	0.413	**	0.166	*	0.196	*	0.248	*	0.316	*
	P		0.000		0.000		0.031		0.036		0.015		0.012
	n	529	501		208		169		114		96		62
Mother	r		1.000		0.208	**	0.357	**	0.426	**	0.097		0.127
	P				0.003		0.000		0.000		0.359		0.350
	n				201		160		108		91		56
Father	r				1.000		0.156		0.219		0.357	**	0.279
	P						0.167		0.096		0.007		0.136
	n						80		59		55		30
MGM	r						1.000		0.376	**	-0.082		-0.452
	P								0.001		0.633		0.020
	n								80		36		26
MGF	r								1.000		0.088		0.111
	P										0.662		0.615
	n										27		23
PGM	r										1.000		0.422	*
	P												0.005
	n												42
PGF	r												1.000
	P
	n												62

**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed), *Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)
MGM: Maternal grandmother; MGF: Maternal grandfather; PGM: Paternal grandmother; PGF: Paternal grandfather

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