Table 3.

Correlations between small intestine morphofunctional parameters and body weight at birth, 26 days, 70 days, and 150 days of age.

Parameters	Birthweight		Body weight at 26 days		Body weight at 70 days		Body weight at 150 days
	r	P-value	r	P-value	r	P -value	r	P-value
SI weight	0.86	0.001	0.83	0.011	0.69	0.027	0.49	0.214
SI length	0.87	0.0009	0.65	0.083	0.89	0.0005	0.90	0.002
Villus height	0.18	0.638	0.26	0.530	0.68	0.029	0.60	0.115
Crypt depth	0.11	0.756	0.40	0.330	−0.64	0.044	–0.22	0.600
Villus/crypt ratio	−0.23	0.506	0.35	0.440	0.76	0.011	0.56	0.147
Absorptive area	−0.08	0.820	0.50	0.203	0.60	0.066	0.67	0.096
Villus surface area	0.30	0.399	0.24	0.570	0.67	0.035	0.72	0.042
Ki-67	0.69	0.026	0.72	0.042	0.63	0.053	0.19	0.660
Caspase-3	0.24	0.505	−0.66	0.076	−0.80	0.006	−0.71	0.047