Table 3.

Simple correlations (Spearman or Pearson) between newborn anthropometric parameters and the concentrations of studied biochemical parameters in group of smoking (n = 41) and non-smoking (n = 40) pregnant women

Biochemical parameters	Birth body weight				Birth body length
	Smoking group		Non-smoking group		Smoking group		Non-smoking group
	r	p value	r	p value	r	p value	r	p value
Hepcidina	0.45	0.003	0.57	0.000	0.47	0.002	0.42	0.008
EPOb	−0.21	0.180	−0.10	0.557	−0.42	0.007	−0.06	0.718
sTf a	−0.13	0.427	−0.06	0.708	−0.22	0.175	0.03	0.849
Tfa	0.07	0.685	−0.25	0.117	−0.07	0.659	−0.18	0.266
Ftb	0.22	0.163	0.30	0.064	0.19	0.233	−0.01	0.967
Fea	0.14	0.393	0.31	0.049	0.20	0.205	0.13	0.420
Hgba	−0.09	0.561	0.32	0.042	0.07	0.669	0.24	0.134
Cotinineb	−0.61	0.000	–	–	−0.37	0.017	–	–
Number of cigarettes/dayb	−0.54	0.000	–	–	−0.32	0.039	–	–

EPO erythropoietin, sTfR soluble transferrin receptor, Tf transferrin, Ft Ferritin, Fe iron, Hgb hemoglobin

^aPearson correlation

^bSpearman correlation