Table 3 Summary of BMI growth curve models (standard errors in parentheses).

From: Developmental trajectories of body mass index and emotional-behavioral functioning of underweight children: A longitudinal study

Parameter

Model 1

p

Model 2

p

Intercept

16.371 (0.287)

Ā 

18.129 (0.368)

Ā 

Age

āˆ’0.412 (0.099)

<0.01

āˆ’0.856 (0.128)

<0.01

Age^2

0.053 (0.007)

<0.01

0.079 (0.009)

<0.01

Ug

āˆ’0.005 (0.445)

0.99

āˆ’2.910 (0.588)

<0.01

Ug*Age

āˆ’1.123 (0.148)

<0.01

āˆ’0.327 (0.195)

0.09

Ug*Age^2

0.101 (0.011)

<0.01

0.053 (0.014)

<0.01

Female

Ā Ā 

āˆ’3.856 (0.544)

<0.01

Ug*Female

Ā Ā 

6.113 (0.843)

<0.01

Female*Age

Ā Ā 

1.001 (0.188)

<0.01

Female*Age^2

Ā Ā 

āˆ’0.059 (0.014)

<0.01

Ug*Female*Age

Ā Ā 

āˆ’1.698 (0.280)

<0.01

Ug*Female*Age^2

Ā Ā 

0.103 (0.020)

<0.01

Residual VAR

1.51 (0.08)

<0.01

1.35 (0.08)

<0.01

Information criteria

āˆ’2LL

2073.0

Ā 

2002.1

Ā 

AIC

2087.0

Ā 

2028.1

Ā 

BIC

2118.2

Ā 

2086.1

Ā 

Parameters

7

Ā 

13

Ā 
  1. Note. Group coded 1 for Ug and 0 for NWg; sex coded 1 for female and 0 for male. Variance of BMI across individuals and waves = 6.08.