. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 13.

Published in final edited form as: Br J Nutr. 2012 Oct 9;109(8):1382–1388. doi: 10.1017/S0007114512003261

Table 2.

Maternal and fetal/placental morphometrics from animals fed as ad libitum controls (C, n 8) or fed a 70% C diet (maternal nutrient restriction (MNR), n 6) from 30 to 90 d of gestation

	C		MNR

	Mean	sem	Mean	sem
Maternal
Pre-pregnant
Body weight (kg)	13·7	0·5	13·0	0·2
Body length (cm)	87·6	1·2	87·7	0·8
Biparietal distance (cm)	9·7	0·6	9·7	0·3
90 d of gestation
Body weight (kg)	13·7	0·4	12·2^*^†	0·3
Fetal/placental
Fetal weight (g)	100·93	3·37	95·43	3·26
Body length (cm)	17·94	0·31	17·58	0·44
Weight:length (g/cm)	5·62	0·15	5·43	0·14
BMI (g/cm²)	3·14	0·09	3·10	0·12
Biparietal distance (mm)	33·51	0·48	34·17	0·70
Placental weight (g)	70·36	5·09	62·93	1·48
Umbilical cord length (cm)	14·08	0·80	11·83	0·90
Fetal weight:placental weight	1·47	0·07	1·52	0·06

Mean value was significantly different from that of the C group (P<0·05).

^†

Mean value was significantly different compared with pre-pregnant weight (P<0·05).

(Mean values with their standard errors)