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. 2013 Oct 30;8(10):e77964. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077964

Table 4. Child adipokine levels and size by cluster.

Adiponectin Group
1A (N = 19) 2A (N = 31) 3A (N = 30)
mean (SD) mean (SD) mean (SD)
A0 (µg/mL) 155.7 (22.7) 117.5 (17.3) 80.8 (21.0)
A2 (µg/mL) 42.4 (16.8) 59.2 (17.5) 48.8 (22.8)
A5 (µg/mL) 43.1 (17.5) 40.5 (15.9) 42.7 (21.8)
A9 (µg/mL) 44.2 (20.6) 37.5 (15.8) 46.7 (21.9)
Birth Weight (g) 3496 (537) 3447 (364) 3425 (455)
BMI2 (kg/m2) 17.6 (1.3) 17.0 (1.9) 17.2 (1.7)
BMI5 (kg/m2) 17.1 (1.5) 17.5 (2.9) 17.0 (1.9)
BMI9 (kg/m2) 20.4 (3.6) 20.9 (4.3) 19.7 (4.1)
Waist9 (cm) 73.4 (10.0) 74.8 (12.1) 71.8 (11.5)
Leptin Group
1L (N = 27) 2L (N = 37) 3L (N = 16)
mean (SD) mean (SD) mean (SD)
L0 1.28 (0.28) 1.11 (0.34) 0.67 (0.24)
L2 0.39 (0.15) 0.43 (0.17) 0.48 (0.14)
L5 0.36 (0.14) 0.59 (0.26) 0.48 (0.13)
L9 0.48 (0.26) 1.29 (0.29) 0.63 (0.22)
Birth Weight (g) 3494 (428) 3518 (432) 3219 (422)
BMI2 (kg/m2) 16.5 (1.3) 17.6 (1.9) 17.5 (1.6)
BMI5 (kg/m2) 16.0 (1.1) 18.4 (2.6) 16.6 (1.6)
BMI9 (kg/m2) 17.3 (1.9) 23.3 (3.7) 18.5 (2.5)
Waist9 (cm) 64.9 (5.4) 81.4 (9.6) 68.9 (9.7)

A - adiponectin (µg/ml), L - log10(leptin).

BMI - body mass index. Waist - waist circumference.

A0, L0 - at birth, A2, L2 - at 2 years, A5, L5 - at 5 years, A9, L9 - at 9 years.

BMI9, Waist9 - at 9 years.