Table 5.

Area of adrenal gland and relative area of adrenal gland zones in prenatally stressed and control rats.

	Control		Prenatally stressed		P
	Female	Male	Female	Male	Treatment	Sex
n	9	9	9	8
Area of adrenal gland (mm2)	338.66±15.9	281.92±18.24	323.0±10.27	264.37±9.51	NS	P<0.001
Area of zona granulosa as % total area	9.56±0.42	10.81±0.35	9.34±0.22	11.19±0.55	NS	P<0.001
Area of zona fasciculata as % of total area	54.20±1.58	56.72±2.12	57.50±1.63	57.06±1.49	NS	NS
Area of zona reticularis as % of total area	23.59±1.19	19.13±1.52	21.94±1.19	19.46±0.89	NS	P<0.01
Area of adrenal medulla as % of total area	12.28±0.76	13.29±0.89	11.28±0.89	12.71±0.93	NS	NS

NS, not significant.