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Table 2 Correlation between birth weight & growth factors

From: Growth factor concentrations and their placental mRNA expression are modulated in gestational diabetes mellitus: possible interactions with macrosomia

Correlation:

birth weight

&

growth factor

n

r

P

PDGF-NB

60

0.476

0.025*

PDGF-M

60

0.486

0.021*

IGF-BP3-NB

60

0.636

0.01*

IGF-BP3-M

60

0.150

0.502

FGF-2-NB

60

0.626

0.01*

FGF-2-M

60

0.181

0.418

GH-NB

60

0.078

0.724

GH-M

60

0.310

0.159

EGF-NB

60

0.626

0.001**

EGF-M

60

0.181

0.418

IGF-1-NB

60

0.31

0.159

IGF-1-M

60

0.253

0.255

  1. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.001, for abbreviations, see the Table 3.