TABLE 1.

Effects of daily 4-h consumption of 5% ethanol on female dams and their offspring

Data are means ± S.E.M. (group sample size).

	Saccharin Control	5% Ethanol
Maternal weight gain during pregnancy (g increase in body weight from gestation days 1 through 21)	127 ± 3 (44)	121 ± 4 (51)
Daily 4-h consumption of 5% ethanol (g ethanol/dl serum, collected at the end of a 4-h drinking period)	N.A. (51)	2.82 ± 0.13
Maternal serum ethanol concentration (mg ethanol/dl serum, collected at the end of a 4-h drinking period)	N.A. (24)	84.0 ± 5.5
Litter size (no. live births/litter)	12.5 ± 0.1 (41)	12.4 ± 0.3 (42)
Pup birth weight (g)	6.17 ± 0.13 (41)	6.13 ± 0.11 (42)
Male offspring weights at surgery (g body weight on day of stereotaxic surgery)	473 ± 10 (24)	473 ± 10 (21)

N.A., not applicable.