Table 2 Comparisons of differences between prenatal androgens and cord blood androgens.

From: Association between prenatal androgens and cord blood androgens, a path analysis

Variables

Male neonates

Female neonates

Mean (SD) of difference

t

P

Mean (SD) of difference

t

P

P-T vs CB-T (ng/dl)

− 4.1 (91.1)

− 0.61

0.543

8.9 (91.2)

1.16

0.246

P-FT vs CB-FT (pg/ml)

− 2.8 (1.5)

− 24.62

< 0.001

− 2.3 (1.5)

− 18.38

< 0.001

P-DHT vs CB-DHT (pg/ml)

16.1 (35.3)

6.18

< 0.001

18.4 (33.1)

6.60

< 0.001

P-DHEA vs CB-DHEA (ng/ml)

− 0.4 (5.0)

− 0.98

0.328

− 0.6 (1.6)

− 4.19

< 0.001

P-SHBG vs CB-SHBG (nmol/l)

426.6 (111.3)

51.96

< 0.001

443.7 (137.4)

38.34

< 0.001

  1. P-T prenatal testosterone, P-FT prenatal free testosterone, P-DHT prenatal dihydrotestosterone, P-DHEA prenatal dehydroepiandrosterone, P-SHBG prenatal sex hormone binding globulin, CB-T cord blood testosterone, CB-FT cord blood free testosterone, CB-DHT cord blood dihydrotestosterone, CB-DHEA cord blood dehydroepiandrosterone, CB-SHBG cord blood sex hormone binding globulin.
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