TABLE 2.

Associations between infant daily intakes of macronutrients, leptin, insulin, and C-reactive protein and length-for-age, weight-for-age, and weight-for-length z scores from 0.5 to 9 mo postpartum¹

	Length-for-age		Weight-for-age		Weight-for-length
	β ± SE	P value	β ± SE	P value	β ± SE	P value
Fat, g/d	−0.003 ± 0.003	0.21	−0.005 ± 0.002	0.040	−0.001 ± 0.002	0.58
Carbohydrates, g/d	−0.009 ± 0.003	0.002	−0.006 ± 0.002	0.026	0.01 ± 0.002	0.003
Protein, g/d	0.05 ± 0.02	0.012	0.05 ± 0.02	0.013	−0.02 ± 0.02	0.12
Leptin, log[pg]/d	0.24 ± 0.12	0.047	0.19 ± 0.11	0.09	−0.03 ± 0.09	0.72
Insulin, log[pg]/d	−0.09 ± 0.13	0.50	−0.01 ± 0.11	0.94	−0.07 ± 0.09	0.43
C-reactive protein, log[ng]/d	0.05 ± 0.07	0.47	0.08 ± 0.06	0.20	0.05 ± 0.05	0.32

¹Linear mixed-effect models adjusted for infant feeding mode (exclusive compared with mixed) and infant sex.