Table 2.

Human milk adipokines presented as concentration and 24-h intakes at the months after birth ^a.

Components	2 Months	5 Months	9 Months	12 Months
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
	(Range)	(Range)	(Range)	(Range)
Concentrations b
Whole milk adiponectin (ng/mL)	11.14 ± 5.79 c	8.42 ± 1.69	8.44 ± 1.33	11.22 ± 4.22
	(6.61–21.56)	(6.18–22.58)	(6.41–12.86)	(5.66–19.38)
Whole milk leptin (ng/mL)	0.50 ± 0.18	0.49 ± 0.17	0.56 ± 0.11	0.50 ± 0.11
	(0.24–0.77)	(0.23–0.71)	(0.42–0.67)	(0.34–0.74)
Skim milk leptin (ng/mL)	0.34 ± 0.20	0.26 ± 0.08	0.21 ± 0.02	0.21 ± 0.03
	(0.20–0.84)	(0.20–0.40)	(0.19–0.27)	(0.19–0.40)
CDI d
Whole milk adiponectin (ng)	n/a e	7976 ± 4480 d	4446 ± 1645	3922 ± 1431
		(3771–22,439)	(2142–6673)	(2511–6352)
Whole milk leptin (ng)	n/a	362 ± 173	280 ± 73	219 ± 90
		(162–841)	(132–349)	(122–350)
Skim milk leptin (ng)	n/a	200 ± 81	114 ± 38	93 ± 36
		(106–402)	(62–172)	(51–159)

^a Milk components’ concentrations and 24-h components’ intakes are presented grouped by the month after birth. ^b Concentrations as measured at various months postpartum (n = 15, n = 20, n = 18, and n = 15 at 2, 5, 9, and 12 months respectively). ^c Data are mean ± SD and ranges. ^d CDI of adipokines were calculated between 2 and 5 months (presented at 5 months here, n = 17) and within 2 weeks of 9 (n = 8) and 12 months (n = 8). ^e n/a—not applicable.