Table 1.

Morphological characteristics at birth of male and female offspring born from normoxic (control) dams or dams exposed to hypoxia (IUGR)

Parameter	Control male offspring	IUGR male offspring	Control female offspring	IUGR female offspring
Body weight (g)	7.2 ± 0.1	6.2 ± 0.2***	6.7 ± 0.1	5.9 ± 0.1***
Crown–rump length (mm)	45.2 ± 0.5	44.1 ± 0.5	44.1 ± 0.6	43.1 ± 0.5
Abdominal girth (mm)	47.7 ± 0.5	44.8 ± 0.7**	46.4 ± 0.6	44.2 ± 0.8*
CRL/ABG ratio	0.94 ± 0.006	0.97 ± 0.007**	0.94 ± 0.006	0.95 ± 0.01

Data presented as mean ± SEM. CRL, crown–rump length; ABG, abdominal girth. ^*P < 0.05, ^**P < 0.01 and ^***P < 0.0001 vs. control offspring.