Table 1. Effects of prenatal steroids on body and brain weights.
Term control (n=5) |
Single course (n=6) |
Repeated course (n=7) |
|
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Body weight at post mortem (g) | 846±68 | 991±74 | 864±44 |
Total brain weight (g) | 78.1± 1.7 | 94.5±4.7**† | 81.2±2.2 |
Brain/body weight (%) | 9.7±0.8 | 9.5±0.3 | 9.2±0.3 |
Cerebellar weight (g) | 5.5±0.4 | 7.0±0.3*† | 5.6±0.2 |
Cerebellar/body weight (%) | 0.70±0.03 | 0.72±0.03 | 0.64±0.03 |
Cerebellar/brain weight (%) | 7.2±0.4 | 7.6±0.3 | 7.1±0.2 |
Data are presented as mean±SEM.
p<0.05 compared to controls
p<0.01 compared to controls
p<0.05 compared to repeated course