Table 3

Raw BMI correlations between child at ages 0, 5 and 9 years and family members, with sample size (N) for each pair

Group	Child	Mother	Father	MGM	MGF	PGM	PGF
Child's age 0	1.000	0.139	0.054	0.113	0.063	0.093	0.054
p Value		0.002*	0.277	0.043*	0.376	0.197	0.548
N		494	402	321	201	196	125
Child's age 5		0.156	0.161	0.148	0.115	0.094	0.020
p Value		<0.001*	0.002*	0.029*	0.191	0.262	0.849
N		540	379	217	132	144	91
Child's age 9		0.242	0.061	0.280	0.244	0.044	0.050
p Value		<0.001*	0.369	0.001*	0.024*	0.681	0.722
N		242	218	128	85	89	53

*Significant associations, mainly in the maternal line.
BMI, body mass index; MGF, maternal grandfather; MGM, maternal grandmother; PGF, paternal grandfather; PGM, paternal grandmother.