Table 3 The interrelation between Sirtuin3, 8-hydroxy-2-deoxyguanosine, brain-derived neurotrophic factor and serotonin in early breast milk of mothers giving birth at term vaginally or by Caesarean section and those delivering preterm (Spearman’s rank correlation)

0.41^*

−0.20

0.48^*

0.50^**

0.05

0.40^*

0.40^*

−0.20

0.54^**

0.04

0.34

0.01

0.006

0.81

0.03

0.03

0.26

0.001

0.41^*

−0.29

0.78^**

0.50^**

−0.08

0.43^*

0.40^*

−0.26

0.40^*

0.04

0.16

0.000

0.01

0.67

0.02

0.03

0.15

0.02

−0.20

−0.29

−0.34

0.05

−0.08

−0.17

− 0.20

− 0.26

− 0.26

0.34

0.16

0.09

0.81

0.67

0.37

0.26

0.15

0.15

0.48^*

0.78^**

−0.34

0.40^*

0.43^*

−0.17

0.54^**

0.40^*

−0.26

0.01

0.000

0.09

0.03

0.02

0.37

0.001

0.02

0.15