Table 1. Maternal and Neonatal Characteristics.

Maternal and Neonatal Characteristics
	Control Preterm		Control Term		Steroid Preterm		Steroid Term		P Value
	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male
n	6	7	6	8	6	8	8	7
Age at mating (months)	8.83	8.75	11.83	13	8.83	6	6.75	5.85	0.000
SE	1.7	1.25	1.42	1.29	3.4–7.9	0.91	1.14	0.91
Maternal Weight (kg)	1.11	1.13	1.32	1.3	1.1	0.88	2.48	1.29
SE	0.04	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.17	1.33	0.22	0.520
Weight gain from mid gestation (%)	18	19.5	34	36.25	19.6	31.8	44.6	42.7	0.000
Gravidity	4	4.4	3	3.12	3.17	2.5	2.88	2.42	0.000
SE	0.51	0.29	0.44	0.29	0.31	0.18	0.35	0.29
Steroid dose (mg/kg)	0	0	0	0	200.75	206	193.3	194.4	0.990
SE	0	0	0	0	4.75	3.62	5.1	9.97
Gestational age at delivery (days)	62.17	62.29	68.17	68.13	62	61.75	68.5	68.57	0.000
SE	0.17	0.18	0.17	0.13	0.25	0.25	0.2	0.19
Birthweight (g)	64.83	61.81	83.33	80.22	62.35	56.52	85	91.92	0.000
SE	3.14	3.33	6.26	6.99	4.5	1.28	5.5	4.67
Placental Weight (g)	4.05	4.07	4.53	4.27	3.97	4.56	4.29	3.58	0.540
SE	0.37	0.26	0.54	0.5	0.25	0.31	0.26	0.23
Litter size	3.33	3.14	5.33	4.63	3.33	4.38	3.25	3.71	0.100
SE	0.49	0.34	0.99	0.67	0.76	0.49	0.37	0.28

Data is expressed as mean and standard error of the mean (SE).