Table 4 Coefficients of association path models between prenatal androgens and cord blood androgens in female neonates.

Paths	β	SE	P	95% CI
Direct paths
P-T → CB-T	0.315	0.138	0.028	0.033	0.560
P-T → P-FT	0.561	0.087	0.001	0.401	0.752
P-T → P-DHT	0.402	0.105	0.001	0.191	0.609
CB-DHEA → CB-FT	0.239	0.074	0.001	0.106	0.411
CB-DHEA → P-DHEA	0.557	0.111	0.003	0.327	0.767
CB-T → CB-FT	0.589	0.053	0.002	0.462	0.678
CB-FT → P-FT	− 0.036	0.103	0.833	− 0.214	0.190
CB-FT → CB-DHT	0.297	0.114	0.006	0.080	0.510
P-FT → CB-FT	0.362	0.074	0.001	0.215	0.497
P-FT → P-DHT	0.325	0.119	0.007	0.105	0.573
CB-SHBG → CB-DHT	0.231	0.114	0.060	− 0.019	0.425
P-DHEA → P-DHT	0.230	0.076	0.001	0.096	0.395
Indirect paths
P-T → CB-T → CB-FT → CB-DHT	0.055	0.039	0.021	0.004	0.158
P-T → P-FT → CB-FT → CB-DHT	0.060	0.034	0.003	0.014	0.156
P-T → CB-T → CB-FT → P-FT	− 0.007	0.020	0.570	− 0.050	0.035
P-T → P-FT → P-DHT	0.182	0.073	0.004	0.069	0.366
CB-DHEA → P-DHEA → P-DHT	0.128	0.057	0.002	0.042	0.274

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, CB-SHBG cord blood sex hormone binding globulin.

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