Table 4 Unadjusted and adjusted associations between stunting at 2 years and fat mass at 23 years in male and female participants of the Birth-to-twenty Plus cohort study.

From: Stunting in infancy, pubertal trajectories and adult body composition: the Birth to Twenty Plus cohort, South Africa

Variables

Males

Females

 

N

Model 1

N

Model 2

N

Model 3

N

Model 1

N

Model 2

N

Model 3

Stunting at 2 years

 No

198

Reference

197

Reference

188

Reference

238

Reference

238

Reference

230

Reference

 Yes

79

−0.10 (0.06)

77

−0.10 (0.06)

75

−0.03 (0.07)

54

−0.08 (0.06)

53

−0.04 (0.06)

50

−0.01 (0.06)

Pubertal development trajectories

 1 - Slowest

  

59

Reference

57

Reference

  

55

Reference

54

Reference

 2

  

95

0.05 (0.07)

89

0.10 (0.07)

  

85

0.05 (0.07)

82

0.06 (0.07)

 3

  

80

0.11 (0.08)

78

0.13 (0.07)

  

84

0.09 (0.07)

80

0.10 (0.07)

 4 - Fastest

  

40

0.15 (0.09)

39

0.22 (0.09)*

  

67

0.28 (0.07)**

64

0.28 (0.07)**

Height at 23 years

    

263

0.01 (0.003)*

    

280

0.01(0.003)

Observations

 

277

 

274

 

263

 

292

 

291

 

280

R-squared

 

0.01

 

0.03

 

0.06

 

0.01

 

0.07

 

0.07

  1. All values are linear regression coefficients with standard errors in parentheses; Significance levels: *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01.