TABLE 5.
Newborn %BF |
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R2 | P | |
Maternal characteristics | ||
Age, y | 0.02 | 0.79 |
Ethnicity | 0.05 | 0.12 |
Education level | 0.02 | 0.39 |
Health status during pregnancy | 0.07 | 0.16 |
Smoking | −0.01 | 0.48 |
Pregnancies, n | 0.04 | 0.29 |
Parity, n | 0.08 | 0.07 |
Height, cm | 0.04 | 0.29 |
Prepregnancy weight, kg | 0.04 | 0.13 |
Prepregnancy BMI, kg/m2 | 0.05 | 0.20 |
Weight gain, kg | 0.01 | 0.73 |
Serum markers | 0.02 | 0.79 |
Maternal | ||
Insulin, pmol/L | 0.01 | 0.70 |
IGF-1, ng/L | 0.01 | 0.70 |
IGFBP-3, ng/L | 0.01 | 0.54 |
IGF-1/IGFBP-3 | 0.01 | 0.46 |
Leptin, ng/L | 0.01 | 0.62 |
Umbilical cord | ||
Insulin, pmol/L | 0.01 | 0.47 |
IGF-1, ng/L | 0.06 | 0.31 |
IGFBP-3, ng/L | 0.04 | 0.24 |
IGF-1/IGFBP-3 | 0.01 | 0.62 |
Leptin, ng/L | 0.03 | 0.27 |
Data are the R2 and P-values from Pearson correlation, n = 47.
No significant relationships were found between newborn %BF and maternal characteristics or maternal or umbilical cord serum measures of endocrine activity.