Table 5

Height correlations from a mixed model between the child at ages 0, 5 and 9 years and family members

Height correlations between girls and boys at ages 0, 5 and 9 years and family members
Group	Child	Mother	Father	MGM	MGF	PGM	PGF
Child's age 0	1.000	0.133	0.196	0.061	0.036	0.105	0.079
p Value	1.000	0.002*	<0.0001*	0.277	0.624	0.157	0.309
Child's age 5		0.386	0.363	0.182	0.191	0.247	0.424
p Value		<0.0001*	<0.0001*	0.003*	0.014*	0.001*	<0.0001*
Child's age 9		0.412	0.388	0.133	0.132	0.225	0.425
p Value		<0.0001*	<0.0001*	0.081	0.129	0.022*	0.0003*
Mother		1.000	0.146	0.420	0.441	0.077	0.001
p Value			0.004*	<0.0001*	<0.0001*	0.347	0.993
Father			1.000	0.148	0.011	0.567	0.506
p Value				0.027*	0.893	<0.0001*	<0.001*
MGM				1.000	0.370	0.093	−0.101
p Value					<0.0001*	0.244	0.272
MGF					1.000	0.076	0.040
p Value						0.485	0.733
PGM						1.000	0.351
p Value							<0.0001*
PGF							1.000
Girl's age 0	–	0.175	0.253	0.128	0.115	0.047	0.257
p Value	–	0.003*	0.0001*	0.108	0.243	0.652	0.034
Boy's age 0	–	0.090	0.155	−0.018	−0.037	0.133	0.003
p Value	–	0.125	0.027*	0.816	0.735	0.206	0.974
Girl's age 5	–	0.401	0.334	0.170	0.148	0.223	0.394
p Value	–	<0.0001*	<0.0001*	0.031*	0.122	0.020*	0.0005*
Boy's age 5	–	0.378	0.404	0.179	0.280	0.255	0.423
p Value	–	<0.0001*	<0.0001*	0.036*	0.011*	0.015*	0.005*
Girl's age 9	–	0.445	0.340	0.111	0.198	0.136	0.472
p Value	–	<0.0001*	<0.0001*	0.236	0.058	0.335	0.002*
Boy's age 9	–	0.382	0.445	0.096	0.048	0.303	0.482
p Value	–	<0.0001*	<0.0001*	0.409	0.740	0.016*	0.003*

*Significant findings.
MGF, maternal grandfather; MGM, maternal grandmother; PGF, paternal grandfather; PGM, paternal grandmother.