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Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Oct 4;202(1):77.e1–77.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.07.058

TABLE 3.

	Groups and Exposures

	Surgical Controls (IA + IT Saline)	Lung (IA Saline + IT LPS)	Amniotic Fluid + Gut (IA LPS + IT Saline)	Amniotic Fluid (IA LPS + IT Saline + Eso Lig)

Fetal Thymus
Weight/body weight (g/kg) - 2d	1.38±0.09	1.19+0.21	1.27±0.14	1.61±0.20
7d	-	1.39±0.12	1.02±0.19	1.44±0.19
CD4 Cells (%) - 2d	22.3±10.3	39.7±12.5^*	26.9±12.6	23.6±10.7
7d	-	46.5±13.3^*	49.6±9.8^*	53.7±12.2^*
CD8 Cells (%) - 2d	14.5±10.7	29.3±12.5^*	29.5±12.4^*	30.9±16.1^*
7d	-	40.5±20.2^*	39.4±10.3^*	53.9±16.6^*
Fetal Posterior Mediastinal Lymph Node
Weight/body weight (g/kg) - 2d	0.19±0.05	0.31±0.04^*	0.22±.034	0.16±0.01
7d	-	0.33±0.02^*	0.33±0.04^*	0.26±0.04
CD4 Cells (%) - 2d	12.1±4.6	27.4±7.9^*	26.9±12.6^*	37.2±12.9^*
7d	-	29.6±8.4^*	49.6±9.8^*	48.6±17.2^*
CD8 Cells (%) - 2d	9.4±3.2	32.7±16.8^*	25.5±11.4^*	31.5±15.2^*
7d	-	44.8±19.3^*	44.7±21.2^*	39.6±18.2^*

IA - Intra-amniotic Infusion; IT - Intratracheal Infusion; Eso Lig. - Esophageal Ligation

p<0.05 vs. surgical controls