Comparison of the diagnostic values of circulating steroid hormones, VEGF-A, PIGF, and ADAM12 in women with ectopic pregnancy

Table 5 Correlation between ADAM12 level and hormone concentrations

	E2	P4	T	β-hCG
Endometrial cycle phase
Mid secretive	−0.33 (0.15)	−0.23 (0.33)	0.11 (0.63)	n.d.
Intrauterine pregnancy
Early	0.36 (0.22)	−0.34 (0.26)	0.53 (0.06)	0.07 (0.82)
Post-term delivery	0.12 (0.77)	−0.43 (0.24)	0.38 (0.31)	0.18 (0.63)
Ectopic pregnancy
Before surgery	−0.13 (0.57)	1.00 (<0.001)	0.15 (0.54)	−0.31 (0.18)
After surgery	−0.45 (0.04)	−0.20 (0.40)	−0.36 (0.11)	0.19 (0.43)

The results are shown as the r-value of the Spearman correlation at p < 0.01 anda 95% confidence interval. The significance (P value) of the correlation is in parentheses and boldface values are statistically significant.
n.d., not determined.

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