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Table 2 Parsimonious model site comparison: maternal pre-pregnancy BMI and offspring hypothalamic (HTH) mean diffusivity (MD)

From: Maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index is associated with newborn offspring hypothalamic mean diffusivity: a prospective dual-cohort study

Maternal pBMI and offspring hypothalamic (HTH) mean diffusivity (MD): parsimonious model

 

Site 1 (n = 152)

Site 2 (n = 79)

Independent variable

\(\hat{\boldsymbol{\beta}}\)

R2partial

p

\(\hat{\boldsymbol{\beta}}\)

R2partial

p

Maternal pre-preg. BMI

0.17

3.2%

0.0107

0.22

6.3%

0.031

Gestational age at birth

0.24

4.2%

0.0109

0.19

2.3%

0.192

Postnatal age at scan

0.46

14.7%

< 0.001

0.32

4.7%

0.063

Infant sex (male)

0.12

2.7%

0.0653

0.09

1.1%

0.363

White matter MD

0.59

28.5%

< 0.001

0.69

18.4%

< 0.001

QC (framewise displacement)

na

na

na

0.20

5.6%

0.043

  1. na not applicable; the data were denoised by removing images with motion; see the “Methods” section for details
  2. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, MD mean diffusivity, QC quality control