Table 2.
Hormone levels by labour status and mode of delivery.
| Blood Type | Hormone | Labour Status | Mode of Delivery | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour (n = 16) | Non-labour (n = 243) | p-value | Elective CS (n = 239) | Emergency CS (n = 14) | Vaginal delivery (n = 6) | p-value | ||
| Maternal Blood | 11-dehydrocorticosterone | 7.7 (3.8) | 6.9 (3.1) | 0.59 | 6.9 (3.1) | 6.8 (3.4) | 9.9 (4.2) | 0.099 |
| Corticosterone | 34.1 (30.2) | 20.1 (11.6) | 0.006 | 20.1 (11.6) | 24.0 (16.3) | 57.4 (43.0) | <0.0001 | |
| Cortisone | 198.7 (77.8) | 202.5 (77.4) | 0.857 | 202.1 (77.4) | 184.9 (57.9) | 230.9 (111.7) | 0.637 | |
| Cortisol | 1086.3 (558.4) | 928.7 (398.0) | 0.293 | 928.7 (398.0) | 1026.6 (597.2) | 1225.7 (473.5) | 0.266 | |
| Cord Blood | 11-dehydrocorticosterone | 26.3 (19.7) | 20.4 (16.5) | 0.076 | 20.4 (16.5) | 22.4 (15.1) | 35.5 (27.3) | 0.072 |
| Corticosterone | 15.5 (7.6) | 12.2 (6.8) | 0.046 | 12.2 (6.8) | 14.2 (7.4) | 18.4 (8.0) | 0.058 | |
| Cortisone | 661.2 (342.5) | 442.8 (226.6) | 0.002 | 442.8 (226.6) | 612.7 (332.9) | 774.4 (368.3) | 0.004 | |
| Cortisol | 145.7 (100.1) | 124.4 (83.0) | 0.35 | 124.4 (83.0) | 140.1 (114.9) | 158.9 (58.6) | 0.364 | |
Data are mean (sd). P-value from Student’s t-test for labour status, and from One-way ANOVA for mode of delivery.