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Table 4 Percentage changes [95 % confidence intervals] in 3rd trimester hormone concentrations given 1st and 2nd trimester concentrations and maternal and newborn characteristics a

From: Hormone concentrations throughout uncomplicated pregnancies: a longitudinal study

 

Estradiol

Estrone

Progesterone

Testosterone

Prolactin

OPG

sRANKL

A)

1st trimester hormone only

26 [7, 50]

31 [7, 62]

34 [10, 63]

71 [36, 115]

16 [3, 31]

33 [13, 57]

52 [35, 71]

Adjusted R2 - basic model

16 %

10 %

13 %

31 %

10 %

18 %

58 %

1st trimester hormone

       

 Age at blood draw

−2 [−5, 1]

−1 [−7, 4]

0 [−3, 3]

−2 [−8, 5]

1 [−2, 4]

−2 [−5, 2]

−3 [−7, 1]

 Smoking

42 [11, 82]

33 [−20, 113]

14 [−13, 45]

85 [2, 236]

−41 [−82, −9]

−12 [−61, 29]

−27 [−103, 25]

 Parity

−5 [−28, 16]

−4 [−49, 38]

−24 [−50, −3]

−57 [−158, 4]

32 [9, 60]

21 [−6, 55]

−18 [−58, 14]

 Child sex

27 [4, 54]

11 [−30, 59]

16 [−4, 40]

11 [−39, 71]

1 [−23, 27]

21 [−7, 56]

0 [−34, 34]

 Birth length [per 5 cm]

−13 [−40, 9]

−39 [−102, 5]

−5 [−29, 17]

12 [−41, 76]

21 [−2, 51]

32 [0, 72]

12 [−23, 56]

 Birth weight [per 100 g]

−1 [−2, 1]

−1 [−5, 2]

−1 [−2, 1]

0 [−4, 5]

2 [0, 4]

2 [0, 5]

1 [−2, 4]

Adjusted R2 - full model

46 %

23 %

20 %

39 %

22 %

18 %

56 %

B)

2nd trimester hormone only

57 [35, 83]

76 [45, 114]

57 [36, 82]

103 [72, 140]

44 [29, 60]

64 [36, 98]

61 [45, 78]

Adjusted R2 - basic model

42 %

40 %

45 %

63 %

55 %

36 %

71 %

2nd trimester hormone

       

 Age at blood draw

−1 [−3, 2]

0 [−4, 5]

0 [−2, 2]

1 [−4, 6]

−1 [−3, 1]

−3 [−7, 0]

−3 [−6, 1]

 Smoking

27 [2, 57]

21 [−22, 79]

20 [0, 44]

59 [1, 151]

−26 [−50, −5]

−1 [−41, 37]

−21 [−83, 25]

 Parity

−2 [−21, 16]

2 [−30, 37]

−17 [−36, 0]

−8 [−63, 40]

16 [1, 34]

12 [−12, 42]

−8 [−39, 19]

 Child sex

8 [−9, 27]

−8 [−44, 24]

4 [−12, 22]

−10 [−52, 27]

2 [−15, 18]

7 [−18, 35]

−4 [−34, 23]

 Birth length [per 5 cm]

−10 [−31, 9]

−20 [−63, 14]

−11 [−31, 6]

11 [−26, 57]

18 [1, 38]

14 [−14, 48]

24 [−5, 62]

 Birth weight [per 100 g]

−1 [−3, 1]

−1 [−4, 2]

−1 [−2, 0]

0 [−3, 3]

1 [0, 2]

1 [−1, 4]

2 [−1, 4]

Adjusted R2 - full model

51 %

39 %

54 %

70 %

67 %

31 %

70 %

C)

1st & 2nd trimester hormones

       

Adjusted R2 - basic model

45 %

38 %

45 %

61 %

57 %

37 %

70 %

Adjusted R2 - full model

55 %

38 %

52 %

67 %

69 %

32 %

69 %

  1. a All models include 1st or 2nd trimester hormone concentration and the respective gestational age