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Table 1 Means for child’s weight (kg) in 1997, 2000, and 2007 in relation to parental weight gain or weight loss during each transition, using independent samples t-test

From: Parental weight changes as key predictors of child weight changes

0-4 years to 4–8 years	Child’s weight (kg)
	Total			Boys			Girls
	n	mean ± SE	p	n	mean ± SE	p	n	mean ± SE	p
Father			0.043			0.501	766		0.034
Weight gain	1621	19.24 ± 0.08		855	19.20 ± 0.11		766	19.28 ± 0.12
Weight loss	1026	18.98 ± 0.10		496	19.08 ± 0.14		530	18.88 ± 0.15
Mother			<0.001			<0.001			<0.001
Weight gain	1871	19.26 ± 0.08		954	19.28 ± 0.11		917	19.24 ± 0.12
Weight loss	792	18.59 ± 0.09		411	18.70 ± 0.12		381	18.46 ± 0.12
4-8 years to 7–11 years	n	mean ± SE	p	n	mean ± SE	p	n	mean ± SE	p
Father			0.005			0.434			0.002
Weight gain	1630	24.65 ± 0.11		823	24.32 ± 0.15		807	24.99 ± 0.16
Weight loss	999	24.16 ± 0.14		526	24.13 ± 0.19		473	24.18 ± 0.22
Mother			<0.001			<0.001			<0.001
Weight gain	1610	24.86 ± 0.11		830	24.74 ± 0.16		780	24.98 ± 0.16
Weight loss	1013	23.68 ± 0.13		519	23.36 ± 0.15		494	24.02 ± 0.21
7-11 years to 14–18 years	n	mean ± SE	p	n	mean ± SE	p	n	mean ± SE	p
Father			0.019			0.026			0.344
Weight gain	1611	51.24 ± 0.15		824	52.03 ± 0.23		787	50.41 ± 0.20
Weight loss	882	50.64 ± 0.20		444	51.19 ± 0.30		438	50.09 ± 0.26
Mother			0.008			0.002			0.564
Weight gain	1779	51.22 ± 0.15		895	52.11 ± 0.23		884	50.33 ± 0.19
Weight loss	783	50.56 ± 0.20		414	50.96 ± 0.29		369	50.13 ± 0.27

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