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Table 2 Partial correlations between parental impulsivity, child impulsivity and child BMI z-score

From: Associations between parental impulsivity and child body mass index

	Child impulsivity			Child BMI z-score
	T	♂	♀	T	♂	♀
Parent impulsivity
Total sample	0.23 (<0.001)	0.27 (0.001)	0.18 (0.03)	0.10 (0.10)^a	0.01 (0.92)	0.19 (0.02)
Fathers	0.12 (0.12)	0.14 (0.20)	0.12 (0.28)	0.05 (0.56)	−0.10 (0.37)	0.15 (0.18)
Mothers	0.40 (< 0.001)	0.47 (< 0.001)	0.33 (0.007)	0.16 (0.07)^a	0.08 (0.50)	0.24 (0.06)^a
Child impulsivity
Total sample				0.05 (0.41)	−0.04 (0.65)	0.15 (0.08)^a
Boy				0.05 (0.56)	−0.05 (0.65)	0.17 (0.12)
Girl				0.6 (0.52)	−0.00 (0.97)	0.12 (0.33)

All values are r (significance level). In italics p < 0.05
^aMarginally significant findings p < 0.10; analyses controlled for parental BMI

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