Fetal metabolic influences of neonatal anthropometry and adiposity

BMC Pediatrics

Table 2 Multiple linear regression of the association between neonatal anthropometry and cord blood C-peptide and leptin

	B	S.E.B.	P-value	R²	F	P-value
Birthweight (Kg)
Fetal Leptin	7.611	3.036	0.017	0.422	5.688	<0.001
Father’s Weight	13.381	5.607	0.022	0.422	5.688	<0.001
Abdominal circumference (cm)
Fetal Leptin	0.038	0.010	<0.001	0.112	3.137	0.005
Leptin 1^st Trimester	0.057	0.025	0.022	0.112	3.137	0.005
Thigh circumference (cm)
Fetal Leptin	0.017	0.009	0.046	0.073	2.072	0.066
Chest circumference (cm)
Fetal Leptin	0.031	0.011	0.006	0.059	2.556	0.024
Mid-upper arm circumference (cm) (cm)
Fetal Leptin	0.018	0.005	<0.001	0.105	3.888	< 0.001
Waist-height ratio
Fetal Leptin	0.001	0.000	0.015	0.135	1.83	0.132
Subscapular skinfold thickness (mm)
Fetal Leptin	0.029	0.007	<0.001	0.312	5.142	<0.001
Early Pregnancy Leptin	−0.054	0.017	0.002	0.312	5.142	<0.001
Triceps skinfold thickness (mm)
Fetal Leptin	0.025	0.010	0.019	0.177	2.755	0.017
Late Pregnancy Leptin	−0.037	0.016	0.024	0.177	2.755	0.017
Biceps skinfold thickness (mm)
Fetal Leptin	0.027	0.006	<0.001	0.137	3.637	0.003
Thigh skinfold thickness (mm)
Fetal Leptin	0.035	0.007	<0.001	0.173	5.414	<0.001
Sum of all skinfolds (mm)
Fetal Leptin	0.130	0.022	<0.001	0.296	6.250	<0.001
SS + TR skinfold thickness (mm)
Fetal Leptin	0.055	0.014	<0.001	0.253	4.195	<0.001
Late Pregnancy Leptin	−0.054	0.022	0.018	0.253	4.195	<0.001

SS = Subscapular, TR = Triceps, SS/TR = Central Adiposity SS + TR = General Adiposity, SF = skinfolds. All Multiple Regression analysis included Maternal BMI, Group, Gender, Total Gestation and Maternal Education Level of achievement as Enter variables. Anthropometry was the dependant variable. Only independent variables with a significant effect [p < 0.005] on the dependant variable as determined via simple linear regression were included in the multiple linear regression analysis. S.E.B. is the standard error of the computed value of b

ISSN: 1471-2431