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Table 3.

Adjusted geometric means (95% confidence intervals) of pregnancy hormone concentrations across ethnic groups (n= 420)

	Hispanics (n = 109)	African-Americans (n = 56)	Caucasians (n = 255)
Androstenedione (ng/mL)	3.15 (2.9-3.4)^c^,^d	3.76 (3.4-4.1)^a^,^c	2.87 (2.7-3.0)^a^,^d
Testosterone (ng/dL)	49.1 (44.1-54.6)^a^,^d	70.9 (61.6-81.6)^a^,^b	42.0 (39.3-44.9)^b^,^d
DHEAS (μg/dL)	98.0 (88-110)	99.5 (86-116)	108 (100-116)
Estradiol (pg/mL)	1,757 (1,602-1,927)	1,793 (1,588-2,023)	1,597 (1,507-1,691)
Estrone (pg/mL)	582 (508-667)^c	524 (438-626)	470 (431-512)^c
Progesterone (ng/mL)	40.2 (37.1-43.5)^d	46.1 (41.5-51.1)^d	41.8 (39.8-44.0)
Prolactin (ng/mL)	38.4 (34.1-43.3)^a	38.4 (32.8-44.9)^c	29.8 (27.6-32.1)^a^,^c
SHBG (nmol/L)	216 (201-232)	212 (193-233)	207 (198-217)

	Hispanics (n = 109)	African-Americans (n = 56)	Caucasians (n = 255)
Androstenedione (ng/mL)	3.15 (2.9-3.4)^c^,^d	3.76 (3.4-4.1)^a^,^c	2.87 (2.7-3.0)^a^,^d
Testosterone (ng/dL)	49.1 (44.1-54.6)^a^,^d	70.9 (61.6-81.6)^a^,^b	42.0 (39.3-44.9)^b^,^d
DHEAS (μg/dL)	98.0 (88-110)	99.5 (86-116)	108 (100-116)
Estradiol (pg/mL)	1,757 (1,602-1,927)	1,793 (1,588-2,023)	1,597 (1,507-1,691)
Estrone (pg/mL)	582 (508-667)^c	524 (438-626)	470 (431-512)^c
Progesterone (ng/mL)	40.2 (37.1-43.5)^d	46.1 (41.5-51.1)^d	41.8 (39.8-44.0)
Prolactin (ng/mL)	38.4 (34.1-43.3)^a	38.4 (32.8-44.9)^c	29.8 (27.6-32.1)^a^,^c
SHBG (nmol/L)	216 (201-232)	212 (193-233)	207 (198-217)

NOTE: Adjusted for age, education (continuous) and gestational age at blood draw (means 29.5 years, 13.5 years, and 11.2 weeks, respectively). Similar superscripts denote significant difference between the two groups.

P ≤ 0.001.

P ≤ 0.01.

P ≤ 0.05.

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