Table 2.
Partial correlation coefficients of fat and alcohol intake with hormone levels in maternal and umbilical cord blood and with birth weight †
| Maternal blood | Cord blood | Birth weight | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th week | 29th week | Delivery | E2 | E3 | T | IGF‐1 | ||||||||
| E2 | E3 | T | E2 | E3 | T | E2 | E3 | T | ||||||
| Total fat | 0.05 (0.53) | 0.003 (0.97) | –0.02 (0.84) | –0.003 (0.96) | 0.09 (0.25) | –0.03 (0.66) | 0.11 (0.16) | 0.12 (0.14) | 0.02 (0.80) | 0.10 (0.19) | 0.14 (0.08) | 0.12 (0.13) | 0.05 (0.55) | 0.04 (0.57) |
| SFA | –0.03 (0.71) | –0.02 (0.82) | –0.02 (0.81) | –0.02 (0.74) | 0.04 (0.64) | –0.04 (0.56) | 0.03 (0.73) | 0.05 (0.56) | –0.001 (0.99) | 0.10 (0.18) | 0.05 (0.56) | 0.05 (0.54) | –0.09 (0.26) | –0.10 (0.20) |
| MUFA | 0.09 (0.23) | 0.01 (0.94) | 0.04 (0.63) | –0.01 (0.88) | 0.05 (0.47) | –0.01 (0.90) | 0.12 (0.12) | 0.12 (0.12) | 0.06 (0.44) | 0.05 (0.48) | 0.14 (0.06) | 0.16 (0.045) | 0.06 (0.42) | 0.10 (0.19) |
| PUFA | 0.03 (0.68) | –0.02 (0.84) | –0.12 (0.13) | –0.01 (0.94) | 0.10 (0.19) | –0.05 (0.51) | 0.13 (0.11) | 0.08 (0.34) | –0.05 (0.51) | 0.05 (0.48) | 0.17 (0.03) | 0.13 (0.10) | 0.16 (0.049) | 0.14 (0.06) |
| n‐3 PUFA | –0.04 (0.62) | 0.08 (0.29) | –0.04 (0.60) | –0.01 (0.91) | –0.01 (0.94) | 0.02 (0.82) | 0.04 (0.64) | 0.01 (0.91) | –0.001 (0.99) | –0.12 (0.13) | 0.04 (0.61) | –0.10 (0.19) | 0.18 (0.02) | 0.14 (0.07) |
| n‐6 PUFA | 0.03 (0.70) | –0.03 (0.69) | –0.12 (0.10) | –0.002 (0.98) | 0.13 (0.08) | –0.06 (0.41) | 0.12 (0.13) | 0.09 (0.24) | –0.06 (0.47) | 0.10 (0.20) | 0.19 (0.02) | 0.19 (0.01) | 0.12 (0.12) | 0.11 (0.16) |
| Long n‐3 PUFA | –0.11 (0.53) | 0.12 (0.13) | 0.01 (0.87) | –0.01 (0.85) | –0.14 (0.07) | 0.07 (0.37) | –0.05 (0.97) | –0.08 (0.30) | 0.04 (0.58) | –0.18 (0.02) | –0.07 (0.37) | –0.24 (0.002) | 0.14 (0.08) | 0.05 (0.55) |
| Alcohol | –0.05 (0.52) | 0.04 (0.65) | –0.06 (0.42) | 0.19 (0.01) | 0.07 (0.39) | 0.07 (0.38) | 0.15 (0.06) | –0.07 (0.39) | 0.01 (0.86) | –0.04 (0.62) | 0.04 (0.65) | –0.11 (0.17) | –0.09 (0.26) | 0.05 (0.55) |
†
Adjusted for age, parity, smoking status, years of education, pre‐pregnancy height and weight, weight gain and weeks of gestation at measurements. Dietary intake is adjusted for total energy. P‐values in parenthesis. IGF‐1, insulin‐like growth factor‐1; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acids; SFA, saturated fatty acids.