Table 2

Pearson correlation coefficients among infancy and childhood exposures and with BMI and height at 14–15 years

	Absolute (z-score) gains						Conditional gains						BMI	Height
	Weight gain			Length/height gain			Weight gain			Length/height gain			BMI	Height
	0–6 mo	6–12 mo	12–48 mo	0–6 mo	6–12 mo	12–48 mo	0–6 mo	6–12 mo	12–48 mo	0–6 mo	6–12 mo	12–48 mo	14–15 y
z-scores
Weight
0–6 mo		−0.15**	−0.10**	0.63**	0.10**	0.03	0.81**	0.00	0.00	0.44**	0.18**	0.01	0.12*	0.04
6–12 mo			−0.03	−0.02	0.32**	0.12**	−0.30**	0.94**	0.00	−0.11**	0.28**	0.19**	0.02	0.02
12–48 mo				0.00	0.02	0.49**	−0.25**	−0.13**	0.93**	−0.07*	−0.04	0.49**	0.28**	0.15**
Length/height
0–6 mo					−0.19**	0.04	0.53**	0.09**	0.10**	0.85**	0.00	0.00	0.04	0.21**
6–12 mo						−0.28**	−0.02	0.31**	0.01	−0.32**	0.93**	0.00	0.01	0.03
12–48 mo							−0.16**	0.03	0.42**	−0.13**	−0.41**	0.84**	0.06	0.08
Conditional
Weight
0–6 mo								0.00	0.00	0.63**	0.20**	0.00	0.24**	0.30**
6–12 mo									0.00	0.11**	0.36**	0.20**	0.12*	0.17**
12–48 mo										0.13**	0.06*	0.55**	0.42**	0.26**
Length/height
0–6 mo											0.00	0.00	0.08*	0.43**
6–12 mo												0.00	0.06*	0.25**
12–48 mo													0.16**	0.37**

1993 Pelotas Birth Cohort, Brazil, 2008.
*p-value between 0.001 and 0.05; **p-value <0.001.
BMI, body mass index; mo, months.