Table 4.
Correlations among macronutrients during lactation over 24 months.
| Correlation Coefficient r Value * | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month of Lactation | Carbohydrate | Fat | Protein | True Protein | Total Solids | Energy | |
| Carbohydrate | NS | --- | −0.60 | NS | −0.36 | −0.35 | −0.47 |
| Fat | NS | --- | 0.35 | 0.42 | 0.89 | 0.96 | |
| Protein | NS | --- | 0.98 | 0.53 | 0.46 | ||
| True protein | NS | --- | 0.57 | 0.51 | |||
| Total solids | NS | --- | 0.97 | ||||
| Energy | NS | --- | |||||
The values of r calculated according to the Spearman method correspond to the correlation between the concentrations of macronutrients over prolonged lactation from the 25th to the 48th month. * All r values are statistically significant with p < 0.05; NS not significant.