Table 1.

Uteroplacental arterial tree measurements

		Male		Female
Artery	Parameter	Control	T	Control	T
Uterine artery	Diameter	0.73±0.009	0.54±0.011*	0.72±0.006	0.58±0.017*
Radial artery	Number of first order radial arteries	4.75±0.411	2±0.267*	4.5±0.308	3.5±0.327*
	Length	0.84±0.036	0.62±0.005*	0.81±0.008	0.63±0.007*
	Diameter	0.63±0.009	0.46±0.008*	0.65±0.013	0.47±0.006*
Spiral artery	Number of spiral arteries	13.75±0.591	12±1.035	13.11±0.423	12.87±0.479
	Diameter	0.15±0.006	0.11±0.002*	0.16±0.007	0.12±0.002*
	Length	0.54±0.015	0.42±0.029*	0.57±0.016	0.62±0.011
Canal	Diameter	0.12±0.0119	0.10±0.002	0.18±0.025	0.17±0.002
	Canal length	7.82±0.047	6.65±0.18*	7.17±0.118	6.5±0.056*
	Number of canals	4.5±0.327	2.12±0.398*	4.11±0.260	3.75±0.250
	Canal branches	5.25±0.366	4.25±0.45	3.88±0.260	3.87±0.295

Values are expressed as mean±SEM, n=8 in each group

Diameter and length are presented in ‘mm’

^*P<.05 compared to respective control group