Geographical Differences in the Population-Based Cross-Sectional Growth Curve and Age at Peak Height Velocity with respect to the Prevalence Rate of Overweight in Japanese Children

Table 5

Regression coefficients (standard errors) of predictors of age at PHV.

	Predictors	Regression coefficient	Standard error
Males	Overweight	−0.084	0.028	−2.978	0.005
Age: 5	Weight	−0.008	0.025	−0.315	0.754	0.495
	Overweight	−0.102	0.030	−3.441	0.001
7	Weight	0.008	0.027	0.288	0.775	0.564
	Overweight	−0.098	0.027	−3.650	<0.001
9	Weight	0.010	0.025	0.393	0.696	0.557
Females	Overweight	−0.082	0.036	−2.247	0.030
Age: 5	Weight	−0.002	0.032	−0.048	0.962	0.309
	Overweight	−0.090	0.034	−2.620	0.012
7	Weight	0.003	0.031	0.100	0.921	0.369
	Overweight	−0.036	0.031	−1.167	0.250
9	Weight	−0.061	0.028	−2.190	0.034	0.498
Males	Weight	−0.119	0.018	−6.424	<0.001
Age: 5	Height	0.062	0.019	3.274	0.002	0.512
	Weight	−0.134	0.017	−8.088	<0.001
7	Height	0.078	0.017	4.520	<0.001	0.622
	Weight	−0.139	0.017	−8.160	<0.001
9	Height	0.086	0.018	4.895	<0.001	0.627
Females	Weight	−0.099	0.028	−3.574	0.001
Age: 5	Height	0.049	0.029	1.651	0.106	0.274
	Weight	−0.112	0.025	−4.421	<0.001
7	Height	0.059	0.026	2.255	0.029	0.346
	Weight	−0.105	0.024	−4.271	<0.001
9	Height	0.019	0.025	0.755	0.454	0.490

, , and .
Weight: standardized weight.
Height: standardized height.
Overweight: standardized prevalence rate of overweight.