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Table 2. Sex discordant associations between umbilical cord plasma adiponectin concentrations and neonatal body composition at birth.

p and r values are provided without adjustment and after simultaneous adjustment for maternal age, maternal ethnicity, gestational age and pre-gravid BMI.

	Adiponectin in girls		Adiponectin in girls		Adiponectin in boys		Adiponectin in boys
	r	p	adjusted		r	p	adjusted
	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p
HOMA-IR index	0.09	0.50	0.10	0.45	−0.02	0.90	−0.05	0.71
Insulin	0.15	0.25	0.15	0.27	−0.05	0.72	−0.04	0.75
Leptin	0.20	0.14	0.20	0.13	0.11	0.37	0.16	0.23
Neonatal lean mass	0.08	0.55	0.15	0.35	0.28	0.03	0.31	0.02
Neonatal fat mass	0.24	0.07	0.27	0.04	0.19	0.14	0.24	0.07
Percent body fat	0.28	0.03	0.28	0.03	0.13	0.31	0.21	0.21
Birth weight	0.13	0.33	0.20	0.14	0.26	0.03	0.29	0.02

HOMA-IR, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance.