Table 3.

Associations between M-value and selected hormones, lipids and IL-6

	Late pregnancy		Early post partum		Late post partum
	PCV	P value	PCV	P value	PCV	P value
Leptin	−0.72	0.043*	−0.37	0.47	−0.77	0.04*
IGF-1	0.63	0.09	0.88	0.02*	−0.37	0.4
Glucagon	−0.40	0.38	−0.29	0.63	−0.78	0.04*
Adiponectin	0.28	0.5	0.66	0.16	0.47	0.29
IGF-BP1	0.06	0.89	0.44	0.38	0.57	0.18
HS-CRP	0.07	0.87	−0.74	0.09	−0.68	0.09
GH	0.23	0.59	0.13	0.8	−0.12	0.79
FGF-21	−0.09	0.84	0.27	0.6	0.24	0.60
MBL	0.15	0.73	0.79	0.06	−0.29	0.53
IL-6	0.22	0.60	−0.58	0.22	−0.58	0.17
TNF-α	0.22	0.61	0.00	0.99	0.09	0.85
Cholesterol	−0.51	0.2	0.28	0.59	0.45	0.31
HDL	−0.17	0.7	0.55	0.26	0.42	0.35
LDL	−0.46	0.26	0.01	0.97	0.17	0.71
Triglyceride	0.07	0.88	0.15	0.77	0.60	0.15
NEFA	−0.07	0.86	−0.78	0.07	0.36	0.43

A Pearson’s product-moment correlation was used to examine the relationship between the M-value and selected interesting hormones, lipids and cytokines.

*P<0.05 was considered significant.

FGF-21, Fibroblast Growth Factor-21; GH, growth hormone; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; HS-CRP, high-sensitive C reactive protein; IGF-1, insulin-like growth factor-1; IGF-BP1, IGF-binding protein 1; IL, interleukin; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; MBL, mannose-binding lectin; NEFA, non-esterified fatty acid; PCV, pearson’s correlation value; TNF, tumor necrosis factor.