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Published in final edited form as: J Perinatol. 2019 May 20;39(7):941–948. doi: 10.1038/s41372-019-0385-y

Table 3.

Maternal salivary hormones in association with infant birth-weight-for-gestational age z-scores

	Unadjusted models		Adjusted models^‡
*Log transformed normalized salivary hormones (median, IQR)*	β^†	95% CI	β^†	95% CI
1. Progesterone (2.42, 0.94)	0.02	−0.07, 0.11	0.02	−0.07, 0.11
2. Testosterone (−1.12, 0.97)	−0.06	−0.17, 0.04	−0.07	−0.17, 0.03
3. Estradiol (−0.13, 0.80)	0.08	−0.02, 0.18	0.08	−0.02, 0.18
4. DHEA (1.04, 1.26)	−0.02	−0.10, 0.05	−0.02	−0.09, 0.06
5. Cortisone (−2.44, 0.77)	−0.003	−0.10, 0.09	−0.003	−0.10, 0.09
*Log ratios*
1. Progesterone/Estradiol (2.05, 1.20)	−0.03	−0.13, 0.06	−0.03	−0.12, 0.07
2. Testosterone/Estradiol (−0.73, 0.79)	−0.11	−0.21, −0.02	−0.12	−0.22, −0.02

^†

Beta coefficient per IQR increment of log transformed normalized hormones or ratios.

^‡

Adjusted by maternal age, BMI, parity, secondhand smoke exposure, education, SES, and child’s sex.