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Table 4 Spearman’s correlation coefficients (r) among breast milk AGHR, TGHR, adiponectin and anthropometric measurements

From: The relationship between ghrelin and adiponectin levels in breast milk and infant serum and growth of infants during early postnatal life

Breast milk

AGHR

TGHR

Adiponectin

First month

 Weight (g)

−0.020

−0.011

−0.325

 Weight gain (g/day)

0.386

−0.256

0.185

 BMI (kg/m2)

0.028

−0.006

−0.243

Fourth month

 Weight (g)

0.259

0.182

0.036

 Weight gain (g/day)

0.512*

0.157

−0.123

 BMI (kg/m2)

0.226

0.218

−0.038

  1. p < 0.01