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Table 3 Association of externalizing behavior at 24 months with BMI from 24 months to 12 yearsa

From: Externalizing behavior in early childhood and body mass index from age 2 to 12 years: longitudinal analyses of a prospective cohort study

 

Association of 24 month externalizing behavior with BMI trajectory from 2 to 12 years

Including interaction between BMI, externalizing behavior and race

Adjusting for internalizing behavior

Raceb

0.031 (0.11) P = 0.79

0.079 (0.65) P = 0.90

0.018 (0.65) P = 0.98

Exc

0.021 (0.009) P = 0.02

0.015 (0.010) P = 0.14

0.026 (0.011) P = 0.02

Ex * age

0.002 (0.002) P = 0.38

0.00002 (0.002) P = 0.99

0.00002 (0.002) P = 0.99

Ex * race

 

0.011 (0.012) P = 0.37

0.013 (0.012) P = 0.31

Ex *age*race

 

0.003 (0.0007) P < 0.001

0.003 (0.0007) P < 0.001

Intd

  

-0.016 (0.006) P = 0.02

  1. a Coefficient (standard error) and P value from linear mixed effects models with random intercept and slope (age centered at mean of 6.7 years). All models are predicting BMI and include an intercept, linear, quadratic, and cubic effects of age, and adjustment for household poverty and maternal depression at 24 months. Sex, maternal education, and birth weight were evaluated as potential confounding variables and dropped from these final models. Externalizing and internalizing behaviors were modeled as continuous CBCL T-scores; model coefficients presented predict BMI changes associated with a 1 unit increase in 24 month CBCL T-score.
  2. b Race coded as 0=white, 1=black or other.
  3. c CBCL mother-reported externalizing behavior T score at 24 months.
  4. d CBCL mother-reported internalizing behavior T score at 24 months