Table 2.

Morphometric data

Variable	Control (n = 6)	IUGR (n = 7)	P Value
dGA	135 ± 0.5	134 ± 0.5	NS
Uteroplacental mass, g
Uterus	491 ± 48	398 ± 48	NS
Placenta	297 ± 31	131 ± 29	<0.01
Number of placentomes	89.3 ± 6.6	74.2 ± 6.2	NS
Average placentome mass, g	3.34 ± 0.33	2.01 ± 0.31	<0.01
Fetal mass, g
Fetus	3,279 ± 199	1,491 ± 184	<0.01
Carcass	2,531 ± 152	1,098 ± 141	<0.01
Carcass/fetus, %	77.2 ± 0.6	73.5 ± 0.6	<0.01
Relative organ mass, g/fetal kg
Brain	16.2 ± 2.6	29.9 ± 2.4	<0.01
Heart	6.9 ± 0.3	8.5 ± 0.2	<0.01
Liver	26.5 ± 2.3	30.1 ± 2.2	NS
Lungs	28.3 ± 1.5	32.0 ± 1.4	NS
Kidneys	6.5 ± 0.9	8.3 ± 0.9	NS
Spleen	2.9 ± 0.3	2.0 ± 0.3	NS

Values are means ± SE; n, number of animals. NS, not significant.