TABLE 1.

Percentage (numbers) of congenital heart defects in the offspring of diabetic rats from the susceptible U and L strain and the resistant B strain

	n	Normal	Outflow tract defects	Fourth PAA defects	Sixth PAA defects
U-MD	27	37% (9/27)	63% (17/27)	22% (6/27)	11% (3/27)
L-MD	19	0% (0/19)	74% (14/19)	47% (9/19)	21% (4/19)
B-MD	16	81% (13/16)	13% (2/16)	6% (1/16)	0% (0/16)

L-MD and B-MD fetuses were all of E16; the U-MD fetuses were of E16 and E18 (18).