Table 3.
Summary statistics for breast milk hormone concentrations
| Stage of lactation: mean (SE) [n] |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Type of milk | 1 week | 3 months | p Value |
| Foremilk ghrelin (ng/mL) | 123.0 (15.8) [96] | 101.1 (11.5) [83] | 0.17 |
| Hindmilk ghrelin (ng/mL) | 95.8 (16.9) [81] | 59.3 (12.3) [66] | 0.03 |
| p Value | 0.09 | 0.01 | |
| Foremilk insulin (ng/mL) | 515.4 (42.4) [105] | 524.8 (30.9) [92] | 0.83 |
| Hindmilk insulin (ng/mL) | 439.5 (45.2) [91] | 456.8 (32.9) [81] | 0.70 |
| p Value | 0.08 | 0.13 | |
| Foremilk leptin (ng/mL) | 541.7 (161.2) [105] | 684.8 (117.4) [92] | 0.38 |
| Hindmilk leptin (ng/mL) | 614.4 (172.1) [91] | 464.3 (125.1) [81] | 0.38 |
| p Value | 0.65 | 0.20 | |
| Foremilk resistin (ng/mL) | 924.9 (295.9) [105] | 792.5 (224.4) [92] | 0.65 |
| Hindmilk resistin (ng/mL) | 967.4 (317.0) [91] | 733.9 (238.9) [81] | 0.46 |
| p Value | 0.89 | 0.85 | |
p Values derived using repeated-measures ANOVA.
ANOVA, analysis of variance.