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. 2017 Aug 31;7:10263. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-10266-5

Table 3.

Associations of maternal BMI with hormone levels.

Blood Type Steroid Hormone Unadjusted Model 1 Model 2
β 95% CI p βa 95% CI pa βa 95% CI pa
Maternal Blood 11-DHC −0.011 (−0.019 to −0.004) 0.003 −0.014 (−0.022 to −0.007)  < 0.0001 −0.014 (−0.022 to −0.007)  <0.0001
Corticosterone −0.010 (−0.019 to −0.002) 0.019 −0.12 (−0.021 to −0.004) 0.006 −0.013 (−0.022 to −0.004) 0.004
Cortisone 0.0000052 (−0.007 to 0.007) 0.999 −0.003 (−0.009 to 0.004) 0.442 −0.003 (−0.009 to 0.004) 0.448
Cortisol −0.009 (−0.017 to −0.001) 0.023 −0.011 (−0.019 to −0.003) 0.009 −0.011 (−0.019 to −0.003) 0.007
Cord Blood 11-DHC 0.004 (−0.007 to 0.016) 0.472 0.005 (−0.007 to 0.016) 0.711 0.004 (−0.008 to 0.016) 0.358
Corticosterone 0.000058 (−0.008 to −0.009) 0.989 −0.001 (−0.010 to 0.007) 0.739 −0.002 (−0.011 to 0.007) 0.672
Cortisone 0.006 (−0.003 to 0.016) 0.168 0.005 (−0.004 to 0.014) 0.306 0.004 (−0.005 to 0.014) 0.377
Cortisol 0.005 (−0.005 to 0.016) 0.303 0.002 (−0.009 to 0.012) 0.769 0.001 (−0.009 to 0.012) 0.800

Model 1: adjusted for gestational age at delivery, offspring birthweight and mode of delivery. Model 2: adjusted for gestational age at delivery, offspring birthweight and labour status (labour or non-labour).