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Correlation of plamsa leptin, leptin soluble receptor (sOB-R), and sOB-R:Leptin ratio with anthopometric measurements and their Z scores in term infants |
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| Leptin ng/mL |
Leptin soluble receptor ng/mL |
sOB-R:Leptin molar ratio |
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| Absolute measurements |
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| Weight |
-0.29 |
0.29 |
-0.14 |
| Length |
-0.44* |
0.23 |
-0.30 |
| Weight:length ratio |
0.45* |
-0.25 |
0.30 |
| Z scores |
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| Weight |
0.58* |
0.22 |
0.66* |
| Length |
0.05 |
0.29 |
0.21 |
| Weight for length |
0.57* |
0.17 |
0.62* |
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Pearson correlation with 2 tailed significance: * p ≤ 0.01 | |||
Koo et al. Nutrition Journal 2007 6:11 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-6-11 |
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