Maternal adipokines and insulin as biomarkers of pregnancies complicated by overweight and obesity

Table 3 Correlation analysis, coefficient (r) and p value, for the relationship between adipokine/insulin levels and maternal–newborn variables

		Adiponectin	Leptin	Resistin	Insulin
Maternal
Prepregnancy BMI^a	(r)	0.0522	0.5689	−0.1378	0.3843
Prepregnancy BMI^a	p	0.6630	<0.0001	0.2483	0.0009
Gestational BMI^b	(r)	−0.2893	0.3886	−0.0720	0.2354
Gestational BMI^b	p	0.0137	0.0007	0.5477	0.0466
Weight gain^a	(r)	−0.1742	0.0948	−0.0620	0.0608
Weight gain^a	p	0.1434	0.4284	0.6047	0.6118
Hypertension^b	(r)	−0.0669	0.2746	0.0732	−0.0527
Hypertension^b	p	0.5767	0.0196	0.5413	0.6601
DM and MGH^b	(r)	−0.1389	0.3076	−0.0206	0.2637
DM and MGH^b	p	0.2445	0.0086	0.8639	0.0252
Newborn
Weight^a	(r)	0.2340	−0.1216	−0.1536	0.1097
Weight^a	p	0.0478	0.3089	0.1975	0.3590
Length^a	(r)	−0.1604	−0.2037	−0.1003	0.0750
Length^a	p	0.1785	0.0862	0.4019	0.5309
Head circumference^a	(r)	−0.2704	−0.1373	−0.2194	0.0440
Head circumference^a	p	0.0216	0.2501	0.0641	0.7133
Thoracic circumference^a	(r)	−0.1777	−0.1845	−0.0572	−0.0254
Thoracic circumference^a	p	0.1354	0.1208	0.6332	0.8325
Abdominal circumference^a	(r)	−0.1637	−0.2488	−0.0809	0.0049
Abdominal circumference^a	p	0.1694	0.0350	0.4991	0.9677
Ponderal index^a	(r)	−0.1605	0.0856	−0.1098	0.0655
Ponderal index^a	p	0.1779	0.4744	0.3584	0.5845

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