Table 1.
Biological factors affecting cortisol levels in the second and third trimesters of pregnant women from Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (N = 1010).
Fig 1.
Distribution of cortisol in all pregnant women (left) and in singleton pregnancies (right).
Fig 2.
Distribution of mean serum cortisol level (μg/dL) by the period of gestation (POG) in weeks.
Fig 3.
Distribution of serum cortisol level by the age at conception in years (top), parity (middle), and gestational age in completed weeks (bottom).
Table 2.
Sociodemographic factors and psychological factors affecting cortisol levels in the second and third trimesters in pregnant women from Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (N = 1010).
Table 3.
Robust Regression to determine independent predictors of serum cortisol level.