Table 1. Effects of prenatal steroids on body and brain weights.

	Term control (n=5)	Single course (n=6)	Repeated course (n=7)
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