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Table 7 Univariate linear regression and estimate of heritability of children's weight, height, and BMI respectively with family weight, height and BMI

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

 

Weight

Height

BMI

 

Estimate

pvalue

R Square

Heritability

Estimate

pvalue

R Square

Heritability

Estimate

pvalue

R Square

Heritability

Child-Mother

0.22

0.00

0.05

0.43

**

0.33

0.00

0.11

0.66

**

0.20

0.00

0.04

0.40

**

Child-Father

0.30

0.00

0.09

0.60

**

0.41

0.00

0.17

0.82

**

0.11

0.13

0.01

0.22

 

Child-MGM

0.19

0.01

0.04

0.38

*

0.16

0.03

0.03

0.32

*

0.20

0.01

0.04

0.40

*

Child-MGF

0.05

0.63

0.00

0.10

 

0.20

0.04

0.04

0.40

*

-0.12

0.23

0.01

-0.24

 

Child-PGM

0.14

0.19

0.02

0.27

 

0.25

0.01

0.06

0.50

*

-0.07

0.51

0.00

-0.14

 

Child-PGF

0.22

0.11

0.05

0.43

 

0.32

0.01

0.10

0.64

*

0.12

0.40

0.01

0.24

 

Mother-MGM

0.29

0.00

0.08

0.57

**

0.36

0.00

0.13

0.72

**

0.27

0.00

0.07

0.54

**

Mother-MGF

0.34

0.00

0.12

0.68

**

0.43

0.00

0.18

0.86

**

0.30

0.01

0.09

0.60

*

Father-PGM

0.14

0.37

0.02

0.27

 

0.36

0.01

0.13

0.72

*

0.09

0.59

0.01

0.17

 

Father-PGF

0.30

0.12

0.09

0.61

 

0.28

0.14

0.08

0.26

 

-0.02

0.88

0.00

-0.04

 
  1. **Significant at the 0.01 level *Significant at the 0.05 level