Table 2.
Geometric mean (95% confidence interval) maternal (M) and umbilical cord (C) hormone concentrations at delivery by tertile of pregnancy weight gain
| Tertile of Pregnancy Weight Gain | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1
0–14.6 kg |
2
14.7–18.6 kg |
3
18.7 kg + |
p value* | |
| Estradiol-C
(pg/mL) |
10622
(7235–15596) |
8759
(6648–11541) |
7498
(5134–10952) |
0.97 |
| Estradiol-M
(pg/mL) |
19937
(14298–27799) |
23002
(18856–28060) |
22431
(19114–26324) |
0.43 |
| Estriol-C
(ng/mL) |
207
(158–272) |
204
(164–255) |
193
(146–255) |
0.82 |
| Estriol-M
(ng/mL) |
15
(11–21) |
16
(13–19) |
18
(16–21) |
0.59 |
| Estrone-C
(pg/mL) |
30499
(20774–44779) |
32730
(27023–39644) |
27757
(19111–40316) |
0.34 |
| Estrone-M
(pg/mL) |
6690
(5098–8778) |
7752
(5657–10623) |
6076
(4408–8372) |
0.91 |
| Androstenedione-C(ng/dL) | 310
(249–387) |
351
(307–400) |
324
(266–395) |
0.23 |
| Androstenedione-M
(ng/dL) |
334
(254–439) |
366
(300–446) |
341
(265–440) |
0.45 |
| DHEA-C
(nd/dL) |
503
(423–598) |
502
(438–575) |
495
(383–639) |
0.47 |
| DHEA-M
(ng/dL) |
374
(267–524) |
598
(450–796) |
501
(362–694) |
0.31 |
| DHEAS-C
(ug/dL) |
197
(157–247) |
184
(155–218) |
191
(143–254) |
0.88 |
| DHEAS-M
(ug/dL) |
77
(57–104) |
110
(81–150) |
99
(76–129) |
0.37 |
| Testosterone-C
(ng/dL) |
23
(16–32) |
20
(16–25) |
19
(13–27) |
0.99 |
| Testosterone-M
(ng/dL) |
142
(103–196) |
149
(120–184) |
156
(122–201) |
0.19 |
*
p-values are from multivariate linear regression analysis with weight gain as a continuous variable, adjusted for maternal age, gestational week, parity, birth weight, and days from last weight measurement to delivery