. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 9.

Published in final edited form as: Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Dec 4;294(2):10.1152/ajpendo.00639.2007. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00639.2007

Table 1.

Fetal Characteristics

	Control	Hypoglycemic	p value
Gestational Age, days	138.6 ± 0.3	138.8 ± 0.6	NS
Weight, kg	4.380 ± 0.116	3.370 ± 0.137^*	<0.0001
Liver Weight, g	121.96 ± 5.55	93.19 ± 5.54^*	<0.005
Liver/Body Weight, %	2.78 ± 0.09	2.80 ± 0.12	NS
Glucose, mmol/L	1.12 ± 0.03	0.58 ± 0.02^*	<0.0001
Lactate, mmol/L	1.98 ± 0.16	1.33 ± 0.10^*	<0.005
Oxygen, mmol/L	3.20 ± 0.17	4.15 ± 0.18^*	<0.001
Insulin, ng/ml	0.32 ± 0.04	0.12 ± 0.02^*	<0.0001
Cortisol, ng/ml	5.3 ± 0.7	19.0 ± 4.2^*	<0.0005

Values are means ± SE.

The refers to a significant difference between Hypoglycemic and Control fetuses by Student's t test (parametric) or the Mann-Whitney test (nonparametric).