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Table 2 Distributions of serum hormone concentrations (N = 106 pregnant women)

From: Urinary phthalate metabolites in relation to maternal serum thyroid and sex hormone levels during pregnancy: a longitudinal analysis

Biomarker

N

Mean (SD)

Selected percentiles

25th

50th

75th

95th

Max.

Thyroid hormones

       

TSH (uIU/mL)†

195

1.13 (1.62)

0.81

1.10

1.51

2.83

4.29

Free T3 (pg/mL)

195

3.94 (0.60)

3.50

3.90

4.40

4.90

5.70

Free T4 (ng/dL)

195

1.39 (0.32)

1.20

1.40

1.50

1.90

3.10

Sex hormones*

       

Progesterone (ng/mL)†

193

62.8 (1.60)

45.7

57.3

82.0

140

374

Estradiol (ng/mL)

189

8.16 (4.06)

4.79

7.58

11.8

15.0

15.0

SHBG (nmol/L)

157

368 (109)

293

352

428

563

736

  1. SD, standard deviation, TSH, thyroid-stimulating hormone, SHBG, sex hormone-binding globulin.
  2. †Geometric mean and geometric standard deviation reported.
  3. *Limitations in sample volume contributed to differences in available samples for each sex hormone.