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

Table 5 Correlation between adiponectin concentrations in maternal serum & umbilical cord blood adiponectin and anthropometric measurements at birth (n = 75)

Anthropometric measurements	Maternal adiponectin		Umbilical cord blood adiponectin
	r	p	r	p
Birth weight (g)	0.18	0.11^a	0.08	0.48^a
Birth length (cm)	0.003	0.98^a	0.11	0.32^a
Birth head circumference (cm)	0.18	0.12^a	0.20	0.08^a
Birth chest circumference (cm)	0.17	0.13^a	0.08	0.49^a

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