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Table 2 Correlations between demographics and child weight status in Mexican American families at baseline

From: Parental feeding practices and child weight status in Mexican American families: a longitudinal analysis

Demographics

Child WHtR1

Child BMI

Family SES

−0.12*

−0.12*

Mother acculturation (Spanish)

0.14*

0.08

Mother acculturation (English)

−0.08

−0.03

Father acculturation (Spanish)

0.10

0.18*

Father acculturation (English)

−0.07

0.12

Mother BMI

0.21***

0.36***

Father BMI

0.30***

0.23***

Child gender

−0.01

0.00

Child age

0.14*

0.28***

Child pubertal status

0.22***

0.33***

  1. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001
  2. 1. WHtR waist-height ratio