Table 3.

Significant positive relationship between plasma non-esterified fatty acid concentration relationships between molecular measurements made in perirenal adipose tissue sampled from fetuses and neonates delivered by caesarean section into warm and cool ambient temperatures at either 140 days gestation following maternal dexamethasone administration or at 146 days (Controls) (n = 24)

Y axis	R2	p value
UCP1 mRNA	0.69	P < 0.0001
UCP2 mRNA	0.63	P < 0.0001
GR mRNA	0.55	P = 0.001
11βHSD1 mRNA	0.58	P = 0.001
VDAC protein	0.76	P < 0.0001
Cytochrome c protein	0.83	P < 0.0001

Uncoupling protein (UCP); glucocorticoid receptor (GR); 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11βHSD1); voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC).