Sex Hormones Enhance Gingival Inflammation without Affecting IL-1β and TNF-α in Periodontally Healthy Women during Pregnancy

Table 5

Serum estradiol and progesterone in pregnant group and nonpregnant group ().

Group	Estradiol (pg/mL)	Progesterone (ng/mL)
Pr group ()
First trimester	24609.67 ± 18176.32	76.10 ± 30.59
Second trimester	62142.00 ± 23346.25	123.84 ± 37.36
Third trimester	81307.00 ± 32481.23	210.16 ± 92.27
N-Pr group ()
First month	1438 ± 413.4018	18.85 ± 9.95
Second month	1470 ± 369.3237	20.47 ± 12.60
	73.87	64.23
	<0.0001	<0.0001

Pr group: pregnancy group; N-Pr group: nonpregnancy group. Different letters represent significant difference.