Table 1. Dam background variables.

Background variables. Comparison of Control and Alcohol-exposed dam and pregnancy outcome variables. No statistical group differences were seen.

	CONTROL	ETHANOL
Total duration of dosing (days)	343±18	345±10
dosing discontinued (GD)	20±1*	19±2
parity	4.8±1.1	3.5±0.6
age at conception (years)	8.5±1.3	8.6±1.1
time in indoor colony (years)	2.47±0.6	0.98±0.5
weight prior to conception (kg)	8.15±0.6	7.54±0.5
weight third trimester (kg)**	9.94±0.6	9.79±0.4
pregnancy weight gain (kg)	1.80±0.3	2.26±0.3
gestation length (d)	165+3	169±3
infant sex	3 M/3 F	2 M/2 F
infant weight PND2 (g)	522±34	532±42
infant weight PND35 (g)	680±48	640±58
Infant weight gain PND35-2 (g)	157±27	107±33

^*mean ± sem

^**GD at third trimester weighing = 150±2