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. 2015 Mar 6;10(3):e0118721. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118721

Table 1. Effects of daily four-hour consumption of 5% ethanol on rat dams and their offspring.

Saccharin Control 5% Ethanol
Daily four-hour ethanol consumption NA 2.04(0.08) n = 32
(grams EtOH consumed/kg body weight/day)
Daily four-hour ethanol consumption: Week 1 NA 1.73(0.09) n = 32
Daily four-hour ethanol consumption: Week 2 NA 2.07(0.09) n = 32
Daily four-hour ethanol consumption: Week 3 NA 2.04(0.08) n = 32
Maternal serum EtOH concentration NA 60.8(5.8) n = 62
(mg EtOH/dL serum, 45 minutes into drinking)
Maternal weight gain during pregnancy 107(4) n = 32 104(5) n = 32
(grams increase in body weight through GD20)
Litter size 12.5(0.15) n = 32 12.2(0.29) n = 32
(number of live fetal pups/litter)
Pup birth weight 6.17(0.13) n = 41 6.13(0.11) n = 42
(grams)

Data are mean (SEM) with group sample size.