Table 2. Mean and standard error of the calculated glycosylation traits for the time points used in the statistical analysis.

		trim1*		trim3		6wkpp		26wkpp		n	trim1 vs trim3	trim3 vs 6wkpp	trim3 vs 26wkpp
		%	SE	%	SE	%	SE	%	SE
Asn 144	Sialylation	61.39	0.96	63.12	0.90	59.08	1.05	59.04	0.80	25	ns	0.0002	0.0002
	Bisection	25.47	0.72	27.20	0.90	28.47	0.88	26.85	0.72	25	0.0119	ns	ns
Asn 340	Sialylation	95.18	0.17	95.35	0.16	95.40	0.19	95.22	0.26	23	ns	ns	ns
	Bisection	52.24	1.12	54.67	1.07	57.98	0.99	54.88	1.24	23	0.0072	0.0020	ns
Asn340 (truncated)	Galactosylation	99.84	0.01	99.83	0.01	99.82	0.01	99.84	0.01	25	ns	ns	ns
	Sialylation	89.56	0.21	89.12	0.19	89.26	0.23	89.25	0.27	25	ns	ns	ns
	Fucosylation	92.94	0.34	92.26	0.36	92.90	0.35	93.38	0.26	25	0.0007	0.0014	0.0005
	Bisection	51.76	1.04	53.87	1.00	58.45	1.03	55.36	0.94	25	0.0001	0.0000	ns
	Triantennary	5.46	0.26	6.10	0.28	5.40	0.29	5.24	0.25	25	0.0017	0.0009	0.0080
		#	SE	#	SE	#	SE	#	SE
O-glycosylation	Number of GalNAcs	4.81	0.01	4.81	0.01	4.82	0.01	4.81	0.01	27	ns	ns	ns
	Number of Gal	3.96	0.02	3.98	0.02	3.99	0.01	3.99	0.01	27	0.0095	ns	ns
	Number of SA	3.03	0.03	3.02	0.03	3.04	0.02	3.05	0.03	27	ns	ns	ns
	SA per Gal	0.77	0.01	0.76	0.01	0.76	0.01	0.77	0.01	27	ns	ns	ns
	Gal per GalNAc	0.82	0.004	0.83	0.003	0.83	0.003	0.83	0.003	27	0.0109	ns	ns
		%	SE	%	SE	%	SE	%	SE
	% with more GalNAc than Gal	61.36	0.94	60.27	0.86	59.99	0.76	59.81	0.79	27	ns	ns	ns
	% with more SA than Gal	6.49	0.43	6.79	0.36	6.69	0.30	6.59	0.31	27	ns	ns	ns

In addition the number of paired samples for the Wilcoxon signed-rank test are depicted, as well as the resulting p-values. P < 0.0167 was considered as statistically significant after Bonferroni correction.

^*Abbreviations: trim = trimester; wkpp = weeks postpartum; GalNAc = N-acetylgalactosamine; Gal = galactose; SA = N-acetylneuraminic acid.