Assessing newborn body composition using principal components analysis: differences in the determinants of fat and skeletal size

Table 6 Determinants of birth skeletal size and fat in boys and girls:

	Boys skeletal size	Girls skeletal size	Boys fat	Girls fat
Maternal skeletal component	0.235*** (0.055)	0.390*** (0.152)	-0.150 (0.023)	0.050 (0.003)
Maternal fat component	0.071 (0.005)	0.053 (0.003)	0.163* (0.027)	0.357*** (0.127)
Paternal skeletal component	0.164 (0.027)	0.250*** (0.063)	-0.048 (0.002)	-0.033 (0.001)
Paternal fat component	0.095 (0.009)	0.045 (0.002)	0.095 (0.009)	0.056 (0.003)

Correlation coefficients (r) of relationships between birth components and parents' components. R² is given in brackets. ***p < 0.001, *p < 0.05.(based on Bonferroni adjusted p values).

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