Table 3 Coefficients of association path models between prenatal androgens and cord blood androgens in male neonates.

Paths	β	SE	P	95% CI
Direct paths
P-T → CB-T	0.189	0.104	0.040	0.012	0.399
P-T → CB-FT	− 0.110	0.050	0.024	− 0.225	− 0.022
P-T → P-FT	0.264	0.110	0.003	0.140	0.516
P-T → P-DHT	0.417	0.088	0.001	0.249	0.588
CB-T → CB-FT	0.354	0.095	0.004	0.215	0.547
CB-FT → P-FT	0.127	0.108	0.202	− 0.093	0.344
CB-FT → P-DHT	0.180	0.109	0.087	− 0.017	0.388
CB-FT → CB-DHT	0.311	0.143	0.004	0.061	0.592
P-FT → CB-FT	0.685	0.178	< 0.001	0.263	0.835
CB-DHEA → P-DHEA	0.239	0.115	0.013	0.048	0.472
CB-DHEA → P-DHT	0.165	0.072	0.019	0.024	0.305
CB-DHEA → CB-DHT	0.361	0.139	0.001	0.093	0.622
Indirect paths
P-T → CB-T → CB-FT → CB-DHT	0.021	0.013	0.010	0.004	0.060
P-T → CB-FT → CB-DHT	− 0.034	0.020	0.024	− 0.084	− 0.002
P-T → P-FT → CB-FT → CB-DHT	0.056	0.026	0.002	0.010	0.108
P-T → CB-T → CB-FT → P-DHT	0.012	0.010	0.059	0.000	0.043
P-T → CB-FT → P-DHT	− 0.020	0.014	0.077	− 0.055	0.001
P-T → P-FT → CB-FT → P-DHT	0.033	0.020	0.058	− 0.001	0.074
P-T → CB-T → CB-FT → P-FT	0.009	0.011	0.157	− 0.006	0.036
P-T → CB-FT → P-FT	− 0.014	0.014	0.122	− 0.045	0.004

P-T prenatal testosterone, P-FT prenatal free testosterone, P-DHT prenatal dihydrotestosterone, P-DHEA prenatal dehydroepiandrosterone, CB-T cord blood testosterone, CB-FT cord blood free testosterone, CB-DHT cord blood dihydrotestosterone, CB-DHEA cord blood dehydroepiandrosterone.

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