Table 1.

Maternal and Fetal Arterial Glucose, Acid Base Balance, Blood Gases, and Hormones

	CON	INS
Maternal
Glucose, mg/dL	70.0 ± 3.3	72.6 ± 2.7
pH	7.44 ± 0.01	7.46 ± 0.01
PaCO2, mm Hg	34.6 ± 0.8	34.3 ± 0.6
Lactate, mmol/L	0.66 ± 0.05	1.05 ± 0.16
PaO2, mm Hg	90.2 ± 1.0	91 ± 2.2
Hemoglobin-SaO2 %	96.3 ± 0.8	97.5 ± 0.5
O2 content, mmol/L	5.9 ± 0.1	5.5 ± 0.2
Hct, %	31.7 ± 0.8	28.9 ± 0.8a
Fetal
pH	7.34 ± 0.00	7.34 ± 0.01
PaCO2, mm Hg	51.8 ± 1.2	55.3 ± 0.9
Lactate, mmol/L	2.0 ± 0.12	1.7 ± 0.11
Hct, %	35.4 ± 1.0	35.0 ± 2.6
IGF-I, ng/mL	116.6 ± 10.5	151.5 ± 12.6a
Cortisol, ng/mL	9.08 ± 1.13	9.38 ± 2.76
NE, pg/mL	522 ± 106	1160 ± 438b
Glucagon, pg/mL	44.34 ± 26.91	42.84 ± 6.18

Abbreviations; Hct, hematocrit; IGF1, insulin like growth factor 1.

All values are mean ± SE and were obtained at the end of the chronic experimental infusion.

^aP < .05 CON (n = 9) vs INS (hyperinsulinemic, n = 8) by mixed models ANOVA.

^bP < .005 CON (n = 9) vs INS (hyperinsulinemic, n = 8) by mixed models ANOVA.