Figure 1. Serum adipsin levels across pregnancy compared with three months postpartum and non-pregnant controls during both the follicular and luteal phase.

Box-and-whisker plot with median value, interquartile range, and lower and upper values. No significant differences were observed between the follicular and luteal phase. A significant decrease in serum adipsin levels was observed across normal pregnancy compared with healthy non-pregnant women and three months postpartum; also there was a significant decrease in adipsin levels in middle pregnancy compared with early pregnancy. EP = early pregnancy, MP = middle pregnancy, LP = late pregnancy, PP = postpartum. The statistical significance is indicated by *p < 0.05 and ***p < 0.001.