Table 4.

Correlation of breast milk hormone concentrations with infant weight gain

	n	Correlation coefficient	p
Weight gain at 1 month
Leptin, C	45	0.039	0.800
Leptin, MM	50	−0.264	0.064
Adiponectin, C	48	−0.112	0.450
Adiponectin, MM	53	−0.211	0.129
Insulin, C	47	−0.055	0.715
Insulin, MM	54	−0.268	0.050*

*p ≤ 0.05, Spearman’s test. C: colostrum; MM: mature milk