Table 1.

Fetal growth and cardiac characteristics

	Control	IUGR	P value
Gestational age (days)	130.5 ± 1.3	129.2 ± 0.7	0.377
Sex (% men)	50	67
Crown rump length (cm)	47.7 ± 2.0	40.8 ± 2.2*	0.041
Lower limb length (cm)	35.7 ± 1.4	30.6 ± 1.9	0.058
Fetal weight (g)	3263.8 ± 189.1	2188.2 ± 262.7*	0.008
Heart (g)	27.35 ± 1.89	18.95 ± 2.64*	0.027
Left ventricle + septum (g)	10.12 ± 0.82	7.17 ± 1.01*	0.047
Right ventricle	4.97 ± 0.48	3.37 ± 0.48*	0.042
Heart/fetal (%)	0.84 ± 0.03	0.86 ± 0.05	0.694
LVS/heart (%)	37.13 ± 2.30	37.88 ± 1.02	0.772
RV/heart (%)	18.04 ± 0.94	18.17 ± 1.29	0.938
LV + S/fetal weight (%)	0.31 ± 0.02	0.32 ± 0.02	0.635
RV/fetal weight (%)	0.15 ± 0.01	0.16 ± 0.01	0.804
Brain (g)	47.0 ± 2.3	41.8 ± 2.3	0.144
Brain/fetal (%)	1.46 ± 0.10	2.01 ± 0.18*	0.025
Liver (g)	105.8 ± 12.5	57.0 ± 6.1*	0.005
Liver/fetal (%)	3.19 ± 0.17	2.63 ± 0.14*	0.034
Brain/liver (ratio)	0.47 ± 0.07	0.78 ± 0.09*	0.037
Fetal heart rate	171.2 ± 4.9	179.3 ± 5.4	0.289
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	61.6 ± 3.7	58.3 ± 2.6	0.477
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	38.0 ± 1.5	35.3 ± 3.0	0.446
Mean blood pressure (mmHg)	47.8 ± 1.9	45.0 ± 3.0	0.463

Data are presented as mean ± SE and are analyzed with the Student's t-test or the Mann-Whitney test as appropriate.