TABLE 3.

Associations between infant daily intakes of macronutrients, leptin, insulin, and C-reactive protein and fat mass index and fat-free mass index from 0.5 to 9 mo postpartum¹

	Fat mass index2		Fat-free mass index3
	β ± SE	P value	β ± SE	P value
Fat, g/d	−0.0005 ± 0.003	0.88	0.0004 ± 0.002	0.88
Carbohydrates, g/d	0.06 ± 0.004	<0.001	0.02 ± 0.003	<0.001
Protein, g/d	−0.45 ± 0.03	<0.001	−0.08 ± 0.02	<0.001
Leptin, log[pg]/d	−1.15 ± 0.16	<0.001	−0.10 ± 0.11	0.40
Insulin, log[pg]/d	0.37 ± 0.17	0.028	−0.03 ± 0.12	0.79
C-reactive protein, log[ng]/d	0.10 ± 0.09	0.29	−0.11 ± 0.07	0.10

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

²Fat mass calculated as fat mass (kg)/length squared (m²).

³Fat-free mass calculated as fat free mass (kg)/length squared (m²).