Table 3. Results of post hoc pairwise comparisons among reproductive states, from the linear mixed effects model.

Significant p-values appear in bold. Cycl: cycling; P_n: nth pregnancy trimester; Lact: lactating.

Comparison	Estimate	Std. error	Z-value	p-Value
P1-Cycl	0.130	0.015	8.681	0.000
P_2 - Cycl	0.093	0.015	6.071	0.000
P_3 - Cycl	0.146	0.016	9.147	0.000
Lact - Cycl	0.043	0.008	5.236	0.000
P_1 - P_2	–0.037	0.019	–1.965	0.267
P_1 - P_3	0.016	0.019	0.812	0.922
Lact - P_1	–0.087	0.015	–5.888	0.000
P_2 - P_3	0.052	0.019	2.721	0.047
Lact - P_2	–0.050	0.015	–3.368	0.006
Lact - P_3	–0.103	0.015	–6.715	0.000