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.