Table 5.

Associations between disgust sensitivity measured via the DS-R and predictors evaluated via an OPLS model and multiple regression in the third trimester of pregnancy.

	OPLS (Predictive Component)							Multiple Regression
Variable	Variable Importance	t-Statistics		Component Loading	t-Statistics	R a		Regression Coefficient	t-Statistics
DS-R, Overall score
7α-Hydroxy-DHEA	0.757	1.96	*	0.390	8.96	0.626	**	0.091	2.18	*
Androstenediol	0.856	3.01	**	0.356	6.13	0.572	**	0.152	2.69	*
5β-Androstane-3α,17β-diol	1.213	8.34	**	0.401	12.35	0.641	**	0.164	2.37	*
Cortisol	0.961	4.38	**	0.364	7.18	0.584	**	0.137	3.89	**
DS-R, Overall score, trimester 3				1.000	4.30	0.415	**
Explained variability	11.7% (8.8% after cross-validation)
DS-R, Core disgust
Pregnenolone	0.785	2.65	*	0.202	4.88	0.419	**	0.041	1.85
17-Hydroxypregnenolone	1.361	4.82	**	0.377	10.59	0.782	**	0.071	5.51	**
DHEA	0.924	3.14	**	0.386	9.49	0.801	**	0.048	2.66	*
7α-Hydroxy-DHEA	1.153	5.17	**	0.407	16.53	0.844	**	0.060	3.29	**
7β-Hydroxy-DHEA	1.030	4.15	**	0.374	10.36	0.775	**	0.054	2.56	*
Androstenediol	1.125	5.00	**	0.275	8.36	0.569	**	0.059	3.68	**
5-Androstene-3 β,7α,17β-triol	0.984	2.89	*	0.336	11.14	0.696	**	0.051	1.97	*
5α-Dihydrotestosterone	0.566	2.21	*	0.210	6.00	0.434	**	0.029	2.20	*
Epiandrosterone	1.053	3.40	**	0.345	6.85	0.716	**	0.055	6.77	**
5α-Androstane-3β,17β-diol	0.792	2.45	*	0.200	5.18	0.415	**	0.041	1.76
DS-R, Core disgust, trimester 3				1.000	3.01	0.342	**
Explained variability	11.7% (8.8% after cross-validation)
DS-R, Contamination disgust
Pregnenolone	0.690	3.19	**	0.158	2.33	0.222	*	0.105	2.24	*
Testosterone	1.048	4.14	**	−0.376	−5.44	−0.546	**	−0.151	−4.06	**
Estradiol sulfate	0.950	2.59	*	−0.269	−2.70	−0.393	*	−0.158	−2.06	*
Estriol sulfate	0.636	2.53	*	−0.167	−1.85	−0.255		−0.134	−2.69	*
Conjugated pregnanolone	1.032	5.42	**	0.318	6.55	0.445	**	0.035	0.90
Conjugated epipregnanolone	1.026	2.79	*	0.310	2.92	0.431	*	0.052	1.08
Conjugated 5α,20α-tetrahydroprogesterone	1.140	5.96	**	0.301	4.73	0.410	**	0.095	3.07	**
Conjugated 5α-pregnane-3α,20α-diol	1.131	3.01	**	0.270	3.00	0.368	**	0.103	1.32
Conjugated 5β,20α-tetrahydroprogesterone	0.978	2.60	*	0.265	2.62	0.362	*	0.080	0.95
Conjugated 5β-pregnane-3β,20α-diol	0.877	4.29	**	0.282	3.94	0.386	**	0.025	0.73
Maternal age	1.357	3.74	**	0.390	3.65	0.569	**	0.237	3.60	**
Multipara (1: yes/0: no)	0.925	3.14	**	0.292	2.89	0.428	*	0.185	5.37	**
DS-R, Contamination disgust, trimester 3				1.000	13.56	0.570	**
Explained variability	32.5% (23.1% after cross-validation)
DS-R, Animal reminder disgust
Epiandrosterone	1.080	4.83	**	0.532	7.50	0.676	**	0.135	4.59	**
5α-Androstane-3β,17β-diol	0.894	2.93	*	0.505	6.19	0.641	**	0.112	2.34	*
5β-Androstane-3α,17β-diol	0.951	4.60	**	0.477	7.10	0.605	**	0.119	3.54	**
Conjugated 5β-androstane-3α,17β-diol	1.063	2.98	*	0.489	3.08	0.613	**	0.133	2.50	*
DS-R, Animal reminder disgust, trimester 3				1.000	2.09	0.317	*
Explained variability	10% (7.8% after cross-validation)

^a R. Component loadings expressed as correlation coefficients with predictive component, * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01.