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Table 2 Pearson product-moment correlation coefficients between BMI z-score and WC with dietary intake variables

From: Associations of body mass index and waist circumference with: energy intake and percentage energy from macronutrients, in a cohort of australian children

  

Year 1

Year 5

Year 10

  

n = 127

n = 757

n = 468

  

r

r

r

BMI

    
 

Energy (kj/day)

0.26*

0.39*

0.23*

 

Fat (% of energy)

-0.05

-0.03

-0.03

 

Carbohydrate (% of energy)

0.01

0.02

-0.01

 

Protein (% of energy)

0.06

0.01

0.05

WC

    
 

Energy (kj/day)

0.32*

0.43*

0.31*

 

Fat (% of energy)

-0.15

0.01

-0.02

 

Carbohydrate (% of energy)

0.11

-0.01

-0.02

 

Protein (% of energy)

0.04

0.01

0.05

  1. * p < 0.01