Table 2.

Correlations of DAG/leptin values and anthropometric parameters

Anthropometric parameters		r† (n=39)	95%CI p	Study group		Control group
vs. desacylated ghrelin				r‡ (n=19)	p	r‡ (n=20)	P
Gestational age		0.1040	0.087	0.1460	0.073	0.0657	0.476
Birth	Weight	0.2069	0.001	0.2339	0.0037	0.3529	0.00008
	Length	0.1491	0.014	0.1444	0.0759	0.2371	0.0091
	Head circumference	0.4116	<0.001	0.4584	<0.01	0.4439	<0.001
	Body mass index	0.2614	<0.001	0.2673	0.001	0.3980	<0.001
	Ponderal index	0.2755	<0.001	0.2676	0.001	0.2882	0.001
Weight at 10 months		0.3143	<0.001	0.3174	<0.01	0.1766	0.062
vs. leptin
	Gestational age	0.2356	<0.001	0.2803	<0.001	0.4472	<0.001
Birth	Weight	0.4207	<0.001	0.2734	0.0007	0.2973	0.0002
	Length	0.3977	<0.001	0.0717	0.3799	0.3707	<0.001
	Head circumference	0.217	0.190	0.0592	0.469	0.0550	0.501
	Body mass index	0.4044	<0.001	0.3740	<0.01	0.1530	0.060
	Ponderal index	0.2868	<0.001	0.4208	<0.01	-0.1538	0.059
Weight at 10 months		0.2946	0.0109	0.4515	0.0242	0.0946	0.109

^†Pearson Correlation

^‡Spearman Rank Correlation.