Anthropometric and clinical correlates of fat mass in healthy term infants at 6 months of age

BMC Pediatrics

Table 3 Correlates of FM% in infants at 6 months

Variable	B	IC 95%	Eta partial squared	p	R² (R² adjusted)
Model 1					0.500 (0.463)
Skinfolds sum	0.823	0.611 – 1.035	0.387	< 0.0001
Length	0.209	-0.164 – 0.582	0.013	0.268
Sex [female]	3.844	0.415 – 7.272	0.050	0.028
Exclusive/Predominant Breastfeeding	6.399	2.809 – 9.988	0.118	0.001
Breastfeeding up to 6 months + Formula	3.740	0.572 – 6.907	0.055	0.021
Breastfeeding < 6 months + Formula	Reference
Model 2					0.552 (0.513)
Skinfold sum	0.572	0.319 – 0.825	0.178	< 0.0001
Waist circumference	0.720	0.283 – 1.157	0.103	0.002
Length	-0.090	-0.489 – 0.309	0.002	0.654
Sex [female]	3.203	−0.085 – 6.492	0.039	0.056
Exclusive/Predominant Breastfeeding	5.960	2.531 – 9.388	0.114	0.001
Breastfeeding up to 6 months + Formula	2.964	-0.088 – 6.107	0.038	0.057
Breastfeeding < 6 months + Formula	Reference
Model 3					0.443 (0.401)
Triceps Skinfold	1.746	1.220 – 2.271	0.316	< 0.0001
Length	0.301	-0.090 – 0.692	0.024	0.130
Sex [female]	3.862	0.223 – 7.500	0.045	0.038
Exclusive/Predominant Breastfeeding	6.292	2.498 – 10.087	0.103	0.001
Breastfeeding up to 6 months + Formula	4.164	0.784 – 7.543	0.060	0.016
Breastfeeding < 6 months + Formula	Reference
Model 4					0.531 (0.491)
Triceps Skinfold	1.117	0.547 – 1.686	0.140	< 0.0001
Waist circumference	0.883	0.464 – 1.303	0.158	< 0.0001
Length	-0.102	-0.510 – 0.307	0.003	0.622
Sex [female]	3.105	-0.271 – 6.842	0.035	0.071
Exclusive/Predominant Breastfeeding	5.820	2.312 – 9.328	0.105	0.001
Breastfeeding up to 6 months + Formula	3.086	-0.074 – 6.246	0.039	0.055
Breastfeeding < 6 months + Formula	Reference

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