Cord Leptin, C-Peptide and Insulin Levels in Large for Gestational Age Newborns in Sri Lanka

Table 2

Characteristics of study subjects according to the sex.

	All neonates	Males ()	Females ()
Birth weight (g)	3101.90 ± 59.78	3229.11 ± 83.34	2955.13 ± 80.48
Length (cm)	50.60 ± 0.35	50.71 ± 0.56	50.49 ± 0.40
Ponderal index	2.366 ± 0.42	2.43 ± 0.06	2.29 ± 0.06
Circumferences (cm)
Occipital frontal	33.63 ± 0.15	33.91 ± 0.20	33.27 ± 0.23
Chest	33.00 ± 0.19	33.46 ± 0.27	32.46 ± 0.28
Hip	32.14 ± 0.36	32.26 ± 0.51	31.92 ± 0.53
Calf	11.23 ± 0.14	11.38 ± 0.18	11.02 ± 0.20
Mid upper	10.75 ± 0.14	10.87 ± 0.20	10.58 ± 0.20
Abdominal	32.42 ± 0.21	32.72 ± 0.29	32.01 ± 0.30
Thigh	13.19 ± 0.15	13.33 ± 0.21	13.03 ± 0.20
Leptin concentration ng/mL	8.87 ± 0.84	8.28 ± 1.15	9.56 ± 1.21
Insulin concentration µIU/mL	15.35 ± 0.43	15.50 ± 0.64	15.18 ± 0.57
C-peptide concentration ng/mL	6.87 ± 0.32	7.38 ± 0.50	6.27 ± 0.37

∗ denotes the statistical significance at