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Table 3 Spearman correlation coefficients (rho) of the relation between BMI and neck circumference (NC) by age and sex, Joinville, SC, Brazil, 2013-2014

From: Neck circumference as a complementary measure to identify risk of excess body mass in children younger than 2 years old

Age (months)

n

BMI-NC

  

rho

p value

Boys

   

  13−15

65

0.604

<0.001

  16−19

44

0.663

<0.001

  20−24

30

0.719

<0.001

Girls

   

  13−15

73

0.642

<0.001

  16−19

30

0.419

0.021

  20−24

33

0.604

<0.001

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