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. 2012 Dec 27;7(12):e52304. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052304

Table 3. Pregnancy outcomes from transfer of embryos generated from the sperm of normal and obese males into pseudopregnant recipient female mice.

Parameter Normal Obese P value
Implantation/ET (%) 79.00 67.29 <0.01
Ongoing pregnancy/ET (%) 54.00 43.93 <0.05
Ongoing pregnancy/implantation (%) 68.35 65.28 NS
Fetal weight (mg) 131.91±3.38 122.16±3.30 <0.05
Placental weight (mg) 139.67±4.48 125.49±4.44 <0.05
Fetal/placental ratio 0.98±0.03 1.02±0.04 NS
Crown-rump length (mm) 10.25±0.11 9.86±0.11 <0.01
Limb morphological grade 13.70±0.06 13.36±0.08 <0.001
Eye morphological grade 14.03±0.04 13.94±0.07 NS
Ear morphological grade 13.17±0.06 13.02±0.07 NS

Data are expressed as mean ± SEM, except for percentage date. Fetal morphological grade was determined using the system adapted from Wahlsten and Wainwright [33]. n = 100 embryos transferred per paternal group; mg = milligram; mm = millimetre; ET = embryo transferred; NS = not significant.