Table 3.

Pearson’s correlation between the total duration (min.) of KMC and the outcomes of infant and maternal postintervention variables.

Postintervention	N	Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient	p-Value
Premature Infant Variables
Cortisol Infant	112	−0.315 b	0.001
Heart rate (beats/min)	112	−0.153	0.10
Respiratory rate (breaths/min)	112	−0.164	0.08
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)	112	−0.094	0.32
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg)	112	−0.018	0.85
O2 saturation (%)	112	−0.103	0.28
Max FiO2	112	0.017	0.85
Weight	112	0.314 b	0.001
Amount per feeding	112	0.295 b	0.002
Number of feedings	112	0.219 a	0.20
Number of puffs	112	−0.035	0.71
Mother Variables
Mother Cortisol	112	−0.216 a	0.02
EPDS	112	−0.236	0.01

_a Low correlation; _b moderate to weak correlation.