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Table 3 Correlation between maternal serum adiponectin levels in the first 24 h after birth and umbilical cord blood adiponectin (n = 75)

From: Adiponectin levels in maternal serum and umbilical cord blood at birth by mode of delivery: relationship to anthropometric measurements and fetal sex

Mode of delivery

Serum adiponectin levels (μg/ml)

r

P

Vaginal delivery (n = 40)

Maternal adiponectin

0.42

0.007a

Umbilical cord blood adiponectin

Cesarean section(n = 35)

Maternal adiponectin

0.085

0.62a

Umbilical cord blood adiponectin

  1. a, Spearman correlation