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. 2013 Aug 6;305(7):E868–E878. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00117.2013

Table 2.

Selected fetal organ measurements in CON, MO, and MOI dietary groups at mid- and late gestation

	Day 75			Day 135
Item	CON	MO	MOI	Con	MO	MOI
Right ventricle wt, g	0.50 ± 0.03^a	0.64 ± 0.03^b	0.56 ± 0.03^a	7.77 ± 0.55^a	8.87 ± 0.57^a	7.72 ± 0.43^a
RV thickness, cm	1.62 ± 0.05^a	2.46 ± 0.05^b	1.67 ± 0.05^a	4.97 ± 0.18^a	6.07 ± 0.19^b	4.77 ± 0.14^a
Left ventricle wt, g	0.82 ± 0.03^a	0.99 ± 0.04^b	0.84 ± 0.04^a	10.84 ± 0.72^a,b	12.64 ± 0.72^b	10.17 ± 0.61^a
LV thickness, cm	2.44 ± 0.06^a	3.48 ± 0.06^b	2.60 ± 0.06^a	6.74 ± 0.23^a	8.38 ± 0.24^b	6.34 ± 0.18^a
Total kidney wt, g	2.47 ± 0.11^a	3.09 ± 0.11^b	2.59 ± 0.12^a	21.57 ± 0.97^a	23.89 ± 1.02^a	21.24 ± 0.77^a
Pancreas weight, g	0.32 ± 0.03^a	0.45 ± 0.03^b	0.36 ± 0.03^a	3.80 ± 0.32^a	3.10 ± 0.34^a	3.20 ± 0.28^a
Liver weight, g	14.53 ± 0.52^a	17.27 ± 0.52^b	15.96 ± 0.55^a	102.38 ± 6.89^a,b	119.54 ± 7.23^b	98.30 ± 5.46^a
Total perirenal fat wt, g	1.02 ± 0.08^a	1.36 ± 0.08^b	0.95 ± 0.08^a	24.20 ± 1.31^a	31.40 ± 1.37^b	21.81 ± 1.04^a

Data are presented as means ± SE; n = 6 fetuses. RV, right ventricular; LV, left ventricular.

^{^a,b}

Means ± SE within a gestational age and measurement with different superscripted letters differ (P < 0.05).