Clinical Study

Phytoestrogens in Human Pregnancy

Table 4

Correlation analysis of daidzein and genistein between the tissue compartments of amniotic fluid, maternal serum during pregnancy and at birth, cord serum, and breast milk.

Amniotic fluid daidzeinAmniotic fluid genisteinSerum in pregnancy daidzeinSerum in pregnancy genisteinSerum at birth daidzeinSerum at birth genisteinCord serum daidzeinCord serum genisteinBreast milk daidzeinBreast milk genistein

Amniotic fluid daidzeinRho1.0000.784**0.244**0.204**0.261*0.1650.263*0.234*0.2100.265*
P0.0000.0000.0030.0110.1060.0280.0340.0530.018
N300.000300.000206.000206.00094.00097.00070.00082.00086.00080.000

Amniotic fluid genisteinRho0.784**1.0000.233**0.278**0.352**0.322**0.351**0.289*0.226*0.208
P0.0000.0010.0000.0000.0010.0030.0090.0360.064
N300.000300.000206.000206.00094.00097.00070.00082.00086.00080.000

Serum in pregnancy daidzeinRho0.244**0.233**1.0000.853**0.299**0.257*0.352**0.304**0.269*0.343**
P0.0000.0010.0000.0030.0100.0030.0050.0150.002
N206.000206.000215.000215.00095.00098.00071.00082.00081.00077.000

Serum in pregnancy genisteinRho0.204**0.278**0.853**1.0000.287**0.267**0.313**0.288**0.278*0.373**
P0.0030.0000.0000.0050.0080.0080.0090.0120.001
N206.000206.000215.000215.00095.00098.00071.00082.00081.00077.000

Serum at birth daidzeinRho0.261*0.352**0.299**0.287**1.0000.885**0.824**0.634**0.1680.078
P0.0110.0000.0030.0050.0000.0000.0000.1970.562
N94.00094.00095.00095.00097.00094.00064.00074.00061.00057.000

Serum at birth genisteinRho0.1650.322**0.257*0.267**0.885**1.0000.704**0.646**0.1000.031
P0.1060.0010.0100.0080.0000.0000.0000.4460.824
N97.00097.00098.00098.00094.000100.00066.00077.00060.00055.000

Cord serum daidzeinRho0.263*0.351**0.352**0.313**0.824**0.704**1.0000.865**0.452**0.233
P0.0280.0030.0030.0080.0000.0000.0000.0020.149
N70.00070.00071.00071.00064.00066.00075.00072.00044.00040.000

Cord serum genisteinRho0.234*0.289**0.304**0.288**0.634**0.646**0.865**1.0000.540**0.427**
P0.0340.0090.0050.0090.0000.0000.0000.0000.004
N82.00082.00082.00082.00074.00077.00072.00085.00049.00044.000

Breast milk daidzeinRho0.2100.226*0.269*0.278*0.1680.1000.452**0.540**1.0000.794**
P0.0530.0360.0150.0120.1970.4460.0020.0000.000
N86.00086.00081.00081.00061.00060.00044.00049.00090.00082.000

Breast milk genisteinRho0.265*0.2080.343**0.373**0.0780.0310.2330.427**0.794**1.000
P0.0180.0640.0020.0010.5620.8240.1490.0040.000
N80.00080.00077.00077.00057.00055.00040.00044.00082.00084.000

**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).
*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).