Table 2 |
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Correlation of plasma leptin, leptin soluble receptor (sOB-R), and sOB-R:Leptin ratio with body composition measurements as absolute values or as percentage of total weight 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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| Bone |
-0.32† |
0.20 |
-0.21 |
| Lean |
-0.43* |
0.17 |
-0.34† |
| Fat |
0.16 |
0.47* |
0.38† |
| As percentage of total weight |
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| Bone |
-0.33† |
-0.16 |
-0.33† |
| Lean |
-0.50* |
-0.33† |
-0.66* |
| Fat |
0.52* |
0.31 |
0.66* |
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Pearson correlation with 2 tailed significance: * p ≤ 0.01, † p ≤ 0.05 |
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Koo et al. Nutrition Journal 2007 6:11 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-6-11 |
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