TABLE 1.

Maternal Characteristics

Gestation Day		Virgin	gd8	gd10	gd12	gd14	gd16	Overall
Body weight (g)	Control	26.9±1.4	26.8±0.6	27.7±0.7	28.7±1.8	29.8±1.5	33.4±2.0
	Diabetic	23.5±0.2	24.5±1.4	27.1±2.5	30.4±1.2	29.2±1.4	31.1±0.9
	p value	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Initial Blood Glucose (mmol/L)	Control		6.4±0.6	5.5±0.3	5.9±0.3	4.9±0.4	5.5±0.5
	Diabetic		26.3±4.2	19±1.9	24.9±2.1	21.3±1.2	21.8±1.5
	p value		0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001
Final Blood Glucose (mmol/L)	Control	6.3±0.6	8.7±0.4	8±0.4	7.8±1.1	6±0.5	6.3±0.6
	Diabetic	28.6±0.9	30.2±1.3	30.0±1.9	27.7±2.8	31.4±1.0	31.0±2.3
	p value	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001
Viable Litter Size	Control		10.7±0.9	11.3±0.3	7.7±1.3	8±1.2	5.7±0.9
	Diabetic		11±0	8.3±1.8	8.7±1.9	8.7±0.9	6.7±2.9
	p value		NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Maternal Heart Rate (BPM)	Control	433.2±15.8	442.9±13.5	422.2±26.4	449.5±7.3	479.4±21.8	486.9±2.3
	Diabetic	425.3±22.3	449.8±6.7	427.1±8.9	407.0±1.6	402.5±18.0	380.3±44.3
	p value	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	0.006	0.005

Significant differences between groups overall and at each individual time-point were determined by two-way ANOVA with Bonferroni’s post-test.