Table 6.

Correlations between anthropometric measurements of infants and leptin levels in breast milk and maternal serum.

	Leptin level in breast milk						Leptin level in maternal serum
	1st Month		3rd Month		6th Month		1st Month		3rd Month		6th Month
	r	p*	r	p*	r	p*	r	p*	r	p*	r	p*
Body weight (kg)
1st Month	0.004	.974	−0.059	.639	−0.059	.643	−0.141	.262	0.005	.969	0.236	.058
3rd Month	−0.168	.181	−0.262	.035	−0.261	.036	−0.220	.078	−0.165	.189	0.107	.398
6th Month	−0.304	.014	−0.525	.000	−0.526	.000	−0.307	.013	−0.305	.013	−0.078	.539
Length (cm)
1st Month	0.530	.000	0.420	.000	0.424	.000	0.418	.001	0.535	.000	0.669	.000
3rd Month	0.522	.000	0.379	.002	0.383	.002	0.404	.001	0.528	.000	0.674	.000
6th Month	0.492	.000	0.405	.001	0.408	.001	0.403	.001	0.500	.000	0.689	.000
Head circumference (cm)
1st Month	−0.100	.427	−0.203	.105	−0.205	.101	−0.149	.236	−0.099	.432	−0.108	.392
3rd Month	−0.112	.375	−0.223	.074	−0.221	.076	−0.128	.311	−0.111	.380	−0.118	.349
6th Month	−0.073	.563	−0.206	.100	−0.208	.097	−0.224	.073	−0.073	.562	−0.086	.498
Chest circumference (cm)
1st Month	0.078	.535	−0.085	.500	−0.081	.522	−0.004	.976	0.082	.519	−0.115	.364
3rd Month	−0.112	.375	−0.223	.074	−0.221	.076	−0.082	.518	−0.111	.380	−0.118	.349
6th Month	−0.073	.563	−0.206	.100	−0.208	.097	−0.095	.451	−0.073	.562	−0.086	.498

*Spearman correlation test.