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. 2016 Jan 4;31(2):463–472. doi: 10.1093/humrep/dev323

Table I.

Characteristics of the pregnancies and fetuses included (mean ± sem).

Female
Male
Control Smoke-exposed P-valuea Control Smoke-exposed P-valuea
N 32 24 56 31 39 70
Maternal indices
 Age (years) 25.3 ± 1.2 22.8 ± 1.0 0.135 23.2 ± 1.1 25.4 ± 0.9 0.056
 BMI (kg/m3) 24.5 ± 0.8 26.0 ± 1.3 0.830 25.0 ± 0.9 25.6 ± 1.0 0.917
 Cigarettes/day 0 10.2 ± 0.9 0 10.9 ± 0.9
Fetal indices
 Weeks of gestation 14.4 ± 0.4 14.6 ± 0.5 0.643 15.1 ± 0.4 15.7 ± 0.3 0.225
 Weight (g) 76.2 ± 14.3 76.7 ± 13.0 0.294 87.9 ± 13.2 111.2 ± 12.4 0.123
 CRL (mm) 96.6 ± 5.5 95.8 ± 4.5 0.634 102.1 ± 4.8 113.5 ± 4.7 0.092
 Paired gonad weight (mg) 18.2 ± 3.1b 20.2 ± 3.2 0.440 28.0 ± 3.4b 36.5 ± 4.3 0.126
 Ponderal index (weight g/[CRL cm3]) 0.066 ± 0.001 0.070 ± 0.005 0.662 0.069 ± 0.003 0.064 ± 0.002 0.207
AGD measures
 AGDapp (mm)c 4.87 ± 0.41b 4.66 ± 0.33 0.766 9.06 ± 0.77b 10.99 ± 0.64 0.034
 AGDapp/weight 0.11 ± 0.01b 0.09 ± 0.01 0.344 0.14 ± 0.01b 0.13 ± 0.09 0.741
 AGDapp/CRL 0.050 ± 0.002b 0.048 ± 0.002 0.678 0.086 ± 0.004b 0.094 ± 0.003 0.113
 AGDapp/ponderal index 75.6 ± 6.0b 68.2 ± 4.5 0.700 135.3 ± 11.2b 175.5 ± 12.4 0.020

aAssociation with maternal smoking.

bMale versus female controls: P < 0.05.

cAGDapp distance (mm) from the centre of the anus to caudal or posterior insertion of the penis or clitoris.