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