Table 1.
Maternal serum estradiol levels and placental and fetal body weights in baboons
| Treatment | N | Estradiol (ng/ml) |
Placental weight (g) | Fetal body weight (g) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saphenous vein | Uterine vein | ||||
| Untreated | 8 | 0.17 ± 0.02 | 0.60 ± 0.06 | 31.5 ± 1.6 | 12.0 ± 0.4 |
| Estradiol | 7 | 0.77 ± 0.06a | 1.10 ± 0.18a | 28.9 ± 1.2 | 11.6 ± 1.1 |
Mean ± se maternal saphenous and uterine vein serum estradiol levels and placental and fetal body weights on d 60 of gestation in baboons untreated or treated daily on d 25–59 of gestation (term, 184 d) with estradiol benzoate (25 μg/kg body weight/d, sc).
a
Values different (P < 0.01) than in untreated baboons (unpaired t test).