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Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2020 Aug 21;224(3):278.e1–278.e14. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2020.08.053

Table 2.

Fasting serum hormonal and endocrine markers

Serum Marker (median)	Non-Obese (BMI ≤25 kg/m²)	Obese (BMI ≥30 kg/m²)	p-value
Total Estradiol (pg/ml)	76.76	74.59	0.608
Total Testosterone (ng/ml)	0.65	0.60	0.678
Free Testosterone (nM)	0.45	0.51	0.779
Sex Hormone Binding Globulin (mIU/ml)	84.84	50.71	<0.001
Follicle Stimulating Hormone (mg/dl)	10.23	9.11	0.241
Luteinizing Hormone (mIU/ml)	4.85	3.78	0.127
Adiponectin (ng/ml)	806.58	588.77	<0.001
Leptin (ng/ml)	10.04	37.69	<0.001
Glucose (mg/dl)	122.00	117.00	0.793
Insulin (μU/ml)	2.3	6.5	<0.001
IGF-1 (ng/ml)	114.95	93.00	0.092
IGFBP1 (ng/ml)	4.18	1.18	<0.001
IGFBP2 (ng/ml)	23.52	8.50	0.003

Bold indicates statistical significance with p value <0.05.