Table 3.
Tartaric acid infused from 125 days gastation (n = 6) | Metyrapone infused from 125 days gestation (n = 7) | Metyrapone infused from 137/8 days gestation (n = 8) | |
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Fetal weight (kg) | 4.5 ± 0.3 | 4.7 ± 0.3 | 4.8 ± 0.3 |
Total adrenal:body weight (g kg-1) | 0.11 ± 0.01* | 0.18 ± 0.03† | 0.16 ± 0.01*† |
Total kidney:body weight (g kg-1) | 5.8 ± 0.3* | 7.9 ± 0.7† | 6.1 ± 0.3* |
Heart:body weight (g kg-1) | 6.5 ± 0.3 | 6.8 ± 0.2 | 7.0 ± 0.2 |
Lung:body weight (g kg-1) | 29.8 ± 1.5 | 31.2 ± 1.4 | 29.2 ± 1.7 |
Liver: body weight (g kg-1) | 26.4 ± 2.4*† | 32.5 ± 3.3† | 24.2 ± 0.9* |
Anterior pituitary: body weight (g kg-1) | 0.028 ± 0.001 | 0.025 ± 0.001 | 0.028 ± 0.002 |
Mean values which are significantly different (P < 0.05).