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Development of adiposity in adolescence: five year longitudinal study of an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse sample of young people in Britain

BMJ 2006; 332 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.38807.594792.AE (Published 11 May 2006) Cite this as: BMJ 2006;332:1130

Data supplement

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    Table A (Posted as supplied by the authors]

    Statistically significant (at 0.05 level) coefficients of linear mixed models for BMI and waist† (s.e.)
     

     

    BMI

    BMI-sd

    Waist

    Waist-sd

    Constant (random ijk)

    17.94 (0.132)

    0.355 (0.043)

    65.262 (0.435)

    0.628 (0.051)

    Year (random jk)

    0.726 (0.015)

    0.024 (0.004)

    2.313 (0.090)

    0.049 (0.009)

    Gender(F versus M)

    1.042 (0.112)

    ns

    -1.078 (0.318)

    0.386 (0.038)

    Ethnic(Black versus White)

    0.554 (0.135)

    0.148 (0.042)

    0.827 (0.321)

    0.110 (0.037)

    Ethnic(Asian versus White)

    ns

    -0.151 (0.051)

    ns

    -0.135 (0.045)

    SES

    0.126 (0.040)

    0.035 (0.013)

    0.267 (0.103)

    0.029 (0.012)

    Gender(F)*ethnic(Black)

    0.928 (0.272)

    0.220 (0.083)

    2.138 (0.638)

    0.253 (0.074)

    Gender(F)*ethnic(Asian)

    -0.786 (0.336)

    -0.227 (0.102)

    -2.279 (0.780)

    -0.278 (0.90)

    Gender(F)*SES

    ns

    ns

    ns

    ns

    Ethnic(Black)*SES

    ns

    ns

    ns

    ns

    Ethnic(Asian)*SES

    ns

    ns

    -0.664 (0.269)

    -0.066 (0.031)

    Year*gender(F)

    ns

    ns

    -0.992 (0.082)

    0.049 (0.012)

    Year*ethnic(Black)

    ns

    ns

    -0.266 (0.077)

    -0.034 (0.009)

    Year*ethnic(Asian)

    ns

    ns

    ns

    ns

    Year*SES

    ns

    ns

    ns

    ns


    † main effects not adjusted for interactions, otherwise all effects mutually adjusted.

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