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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Endocrinol. 2008 May 21;198(2):419–427. doi: 10.1677/JOE-08-0022

Table 2.

Fetal blood gas and packed cell volume

Fetal PO2 (mmHg) Fetal PCO2 (mmHg) Fetal pH Fetal Packed cell Volume (fractional volume of red blood cells)
Control 21.7 ± 1.0 56 ± 1 7.34 ± 0.01 0.313 ± 0.007
Cortisol 21.5 ± 1.0 53 ± 2 7.35 ± 0.01 0.326 ± 0.013
Cortisol+MR antagonist 20.7 ± 1.1 54 ± 2 7.30 ± 0.03 0.348 ± 0.007
Cortisol+GR antagonist 21.9 ± 0.4 55 ± 1 7.32 ± 0.02 0.325 ± 0.009

Data are expressed as mean ± SEM.