Table 6.

Associations between Pathogen disgust measured via the TDDS 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
DHEA	0.737	3.04	**	0.368	5.37	0.667	**	0.056	2.72	*
DHEA sulfate	0.907	3.42	**	0.431	14.40	0.783	**	0.068	3.21	**
Androstenediol	0.533	1.93	*	0.283	4.15	0.513	**	0.040	2.46	*
Androsterone sulfate	1.116	6.79	**	0.428	12.16	0.778	**	0.084	5.63	**
Epiandrosterone	1.383	5.35	**	0.426	10.60	0.773	**	0.104	5.53	**
Epiandrosterone sulfate	1.129	5.90	**	0.465	17.83	0.845	**	0.085	3.84	**
5β-Androstane-3α,17β-diol	0.957	2.90	*	0.250	2.87	0.453	*	0.072	2.17	*
TDDS, Pathogen disgust, trimester 3				1.000	6.00	0.361	**
Explained variability	13% (11.1% after cross-validation)

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