Table 2.

Descriptive Statistics of Hormone Concentrations

Hormone	Statistic	PREG 1	PREG 2	Postpartum PREG 1 (n = 24)	Postpartum PREG 2 (n = 24)
ACTH, pg/mL (n = 21)
	Mean	44.09	36.57	22.68	16.01
	Range	21.19–129.15	18.93–77.3	6.94–59.42	4.06031.90
	se. mean	5.36	3.89	2.50	1.61
	CI mean 95%	11.17	8.10	5.17	3.33
	sd	24.55	17.80	12.24	7.88
Cortisol, μg/mL (n = 19)
	Mean	20.85	21.75	6.39	7.07
	Range	14.54–39.25	16.57–30.34	1.98–15.70	3.13–22.26
	se. mean	1.23	0.84	0.66	0.91
	CI mean 95%	2.59	1.77	1.37	1.89
	sd	5.38	3.68	3.25	4.46
pCRH, pg/mL (n = 19)
	Mean	387.97	314.31
	Range	115.37–657.83	84.07–587.97
	se. mean	37.76	35.52
	CI mean 95%	79.33	74.63
	sd	164.58	154.83
Estradiol pg/mL (n = 19)
	Mean	4930.30	4927.02
	Range	3230.37–6054.08	3403.98–7039.38
	se. mean	181.85	244.54
	CI mean 95%	382.06	513.76
	sd	792.67	1065.92
Progesterone, ng/mL (n = 20)
	Mean	88.27	85.76
	Range	43.18–189.77	42.18–131.96
	se. mean	7.34	5.24
	CI mean 95%	15.36	10.98
	sd	32.83	23.46

Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.

Each hormone refers to the mean of hormone level measurements at 25, 31, and 37 weeks' gestation for PREG 1 and PREG 2. Postpartum values refer to hormone levels measured at one time point for each pregnancy 3-month delivery. Total cohort size was n = 28. .