Table I.

Maternal Metabolic Measurements During Saline or Alcohol Infusion

	Saline		Alcohol
	Preinfusion	Postinfusion	Preinfusion	Postinfusion
Glucose (mg/dL)	36.7± 1.2	38.3 ± 0.8	41.2 ± 1.6	29.9 ± 1.7 **
Lactate (mg/dL)	11.6 ± 1.8	7.2 ± 0.6*	11.4 ± 0.7	15.1 ± 1.7
Alcohol(mg/dL)	0 ± 0	0 ± 0	2 ± 1	201 ± 6 ***

Maternal blood concentrations before and following infusion between 60 and 90 days gestation. Values are averages from the four weeks of infusion and presented as mean ± SEM.

^*p = 0.049,

^**p = 0.0014,

^***p < 0.0001 compared to preinfusion values.