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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2013 Apr 8;38(10):1953–1966. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.02.017

Table 1.

Dam and Offspring Body Weights (g, Mean ± SEM)

Dam Body Weight Prenatal Treatment
Control Pair-fed Alcohol
Exposed
Pregnant Dams (N) 11 12 12
Maternal 0 0 0
Death/Illness (N)
Perinatal Death 0.1 ± 0.1 0.1 ± 0.1 0.2 ± 0.2
Gestation Length (d) 22.9 ± 0.3 22.7 ± 0.2 23.1 ± 0.1
Litter Size 16.0 ± 0.5 15.3 ± 1.1 15.6 ± 0.8
Dam Weight (g) --- --- ---
GD1 252.7 ± 4.6 256.0 ± 2.4 251.6 ± 3.1
GD21 419.9 ± 11.3 356.0 ± 5.2a 375.7 ± 6.6a
LD1 306.7 ± 6.3 297.6 ± 3.4 300.2 ± 5.5
LD22 323.8 ± 6.1 328.1 ± 6.1 321.2 ± 5.6

Offspring Body Weight Control Pair-fed PAE
Males
PND1 6.7 ± 0.2 6.0 ± 0.1b 6.3 ± 0.2 b
PND22 57.6 ± 1.0 55.4 ± 1.0 55.3 ± 1.7
Females
PND1 6.4 ± 0.2 5.8 ± 0.2 b 5.9 ± 0.2 b
PND22 54.2 ± 0.9 54.7 ± 1.2 52.3 ± 1.8

Dam and offspring body weights

a

PF<PAE<C.

b

PAE=PF<C.

Abbreviations: N, sample size; g, gram; d, day; GD, gestation day; LD, lactation day; PND, postnatal day.