Table 2. Beta- and Alpha-cell mass of 21-day-old fetuses from control mother and mother treated with dexamethasone.

	C	DEXL	DEX
Beta-cell mass (mg)	1.75±0.2	1.38±0.07*	0.75±0.1** $$
Relative beta-cell mass mg/g body wt	0.32±0.04	0.31±0.05	0.20±0.03**
Alpha-cell mass (mg)	0.51±0.08	0.28±0.05**	0.18±0.02***
Relative alpha-cell mass mg/g body wt	0.09±0.006	0.06±0.006*	0.04±0.007**

Values are means ± SEM, n = 9,

*P<0.05,

**P<0.01,

***P<0.001 vs C;

^$$P<0.01, vs DEXL.