Population
51 human neonates (cord blood samples), with a subset of 17 maternal-neonatal pairs.
Design
Cross-sectional
Follow-up
4 days postpartum (for a subset)
Authors
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High cord adiponectin associates with birth weight; hypothesis-generating for fetal growth role, needs prospective validation before any clinical use.
Adiponectin levels are extremely high in human cord blood, correlate positively with fetal birth weight, and appear to be derived from fetal rather than maternal tissues.
Sivan et al. (2003) studied this question.
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