Table 3:

Correlations between rates of change (Δ)^a in serum levels of ghrelin and leptin and in blood biochemical parameters in hawksbill turtles during two or more nesting events, during 2011 and 2012 in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil (n = 27)

Variation per nesting eventa	Correlation with Δa-ghrelin/nesting event		Correlation with Δa-leptin/nesting event
	Spearman coefficient (rs)	P-value	Spearman coefficient (rs)	P-value
Δ-Body mass/nesting event	−0.23	0.24	0.50	0.01*
Δ-Triglycerides/nesting event	−0.19	0.33	0.55	0.00*
Δ-Cholesterol/nesting event	−0.29	0.15	0.53	0.00*
Δ-VLDL/nesting event	−0.15	0.44	0.64	<0.001*
Δ-LDL/nesting event	−0.09	0.67	0.12	0.56
Δ-HDL/nesting event	−0.24	0.22	0.08	0.71
Δ-Total protein/nesting event	0.05	0.80	0.43	0.03*
Δ-Globulin/nesting event	0.37	0.06	0.04	0.82
Δ-Albumin/nesting event	−0.16	0.43	0.42	0.03*
Δ-Urea/nesting event	0.08	0.70	−0.29	0.14
Δ-Glucose/nesting event	−0.18	0.36	0.10	0.63
Δ-Calcium/nesting event	0.07	0.75	0.17	0.40
Δ-Phosphorus/nesting event	−0.06	0.77	0.21	0.30
Δ-Sodium/nesting event	−0.09	0.65	0.12	0.54
Δ-Potassium/nesting event	−0.26	0.19	0.11	0.57
Δ-Uric acid/nesting event	0.02	0.94	0.28	0.16
Δ-ALT/nesting event	0.04	0.85	0.07	0.71
Δ-AST/nesting event	−0.11	0.59	0.04*	0.85
Δ-ALP/nesting event	−0.35	0.07	0.30	0.12
Δ-GGT/nesting event	−0.19	0.34	0.11	0.57
Δ-PCV/nesting event	−0.14	0.48	−0.07	0.72

Abbreviations: ALT, alanine aminotransferase; ALP, alkaline phosphatase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; GGT, γ-glutamyl transferase; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; PCV, packed cell volume; and VLDL, very low-density lipoprotein. ^aObtained from the slope of the regression line, with the number of nesting events varying from two to five times within a nesting season; negative numbers indicate a negative correlation. *Significant correlation.