Table 4.
Correlations between serum and saliva
| |
Antepartum (n = 28) |
Postpartum (n = 43) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r | rOBS | rZERO | rLOD/√2 | |
| Estradiol |
.71** |
.41* |
.62** |
.59** |
| Estriol |
.71** |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Progesterone |
.65** |
-.06 |
.48** |
.40** |
| Testosterone |
.48**^ |
.29^ |
.59** |
.62** |
| Cortisol |
.30 |
.60** |
.60** |
.60** |
| DHEA | .50** | .65**^ | .65** | .65** |
* p < .05, ** p < .01.
^ = outlier removed.
rOBS = observed correlation based only on samples with salivary concentrations > LOD; rZERO and rLOD/√2 = correlation based on all 43 women with statistical correction for samples < LOD.