Table 2.
Spearman correlation coefficients adjusted for gestational age between successive trimesters of one pregnancy a
| Overall | Primiparous | Multiparous | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trimester | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd |
| Estradiol | ||||||
| 2nd | 0.509 ** | 0.518 *** | 0.519 *** | |||
| 3rd | 0.319 *** | 0.597 * | 0.376 | 0.629 ** | 0.121 | 0.519 *** |
| Estrone | ||||||
| 2nd | 0.519 ** | 0.742 * | 0.307 | |||
| 3rd | 0.293 | 0.609 * | 0.592 ** | 0.707 ** | −0.107 | 0.521 *** |
| Progesterone | ||||||
| 2nd | 0.629 * | 0.306 | 0.719 * | |||
| 3rd | 0.394 ** | 0.643 * | 0.321 | 0.569 *** | 0.323 | 0.672 ** |
| Testosterone | ||||||
| 2nd | 0.674 * | 0.789 * | 0.511 *** | |||
| 3rd | 0.508 ** | 0.765 * | 0.614 ** | 0.850 * | 0.240 | 0.551 ** |
| Prolactin | ||||||
| 2nd | 0.575 * | 0.739 * | 0.464 *** | |||
| 3rd | 0.327 *** | 0.686 * | 0.675 ** | 0.660 ** | 0.315 | 0.661 ** |
| OPG | ||||||
| 2nd | 0.538 * | 0.631 ** | 0.406 | |||
| 3rd | 0.497 ** | 0.779 * | 0.574 *** | 0.643 ** | 0.441 *** | 0.827 * |
| sRANKL | ||||||
| 2nd | 0.774 * | 0.968 * | 0.427 | |||
| 3rd | 0.729 * | 0.818 * | 0.806 * | 0.878 * | 0.528 *** | 0.808 * |
Significant p-values are indicated as * < 0.0003 (Bonferroni corrected p-value), ** < 0.01, *** < 0.05
a Correlation coefficients in bold indicate a significant difference (p < 0.05) comparing primiparous vs. multiparous women