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The concentrations of mixed umbilical cord serum dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHAS) and total oestriol, were determined by radioimmunoassay in 301 infants. Of 280 infants born between 36 and 42 weeks of gestation, 260 were born by vaginal delivery and 20 were delivered by Caesarean (C-section). We found that there was a significant elevation of serum total oestriol (P < 0.005) after 35 weeks with no concomitant gestational change of DHAS. Within the vaginal delivery group steroid values were similar among infants born following spontaneous, oxytocin augmented, and oxytocin induced labour. Within the C-section delivery group, steroid values were similar in infants who experienced spontaneous labour and those who did not. However, DHAS level was significant higher (P < 0.005) in the vaginal delivery group than in the C-section group. We postulate that the higher DHAS levels in the vaginal delivery group are the result of stress during the late first stage of labour or later.
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