Table 3.

Fetal necropsy data

	Control	Anemic
Gestational age, days	134.3 ± 0.3	134.4 ± 0.3
Total number of placentomes	75.6 ± 2.5	81.0 ± 3.4
Total placental weight, g	313.2 ± 18.3	337.6 ± 15.9
Fetal weight, g	3,053 ± 95	2,994 ± 75
Percent male, %	33.0	31.6
Crown rump length, cm	48.7 ± 1.0	48.1 ± 1.1
Lower limb length, cm	34.8 ± 0.5	32.5 ± 0.4†
Organ weights relative to fetal weight, %
Liver	2.91 ± 0.10	3.42 ± 0.13†
Kidneys	0.67 ± 0.02	0.64 ± 0.02
Perirenal adipose tissue	0.40 ± 0.03	0.39 ± 0.02
Spleen	0.23 ± 0.01	0.20 ± 0.01
Adrenal glands	0.01 ± 0.00	0.01 ± 0.00
Lungs	3.71 ± 0.10	3.63 ± 0.10
Heart	0.70 ± 0.02	0.78 ± 0.02*
Left ventricle+septum	0.27 ± 0.01	0.29 ± 0.01
Right ventricle#	0.13 ± 0.01	0.17 ± 0.01‡
Right:left ventricle (ratio)#	0.46 ± 0.04	0.62 ± 0.05*
Brain	1.57 ± 0.04	1.56 ± 0.05

Values are expressed as means ± SE; n = 15 for control and n = 19 for anemic.

^*P < 0.05, by Student's t-test or the Mann-Whitney U-test.

^†P < 0.01, by Student's t-test.

^‡P < 0.001,by Student's t-test or the Mann-Whitney U-test.

^#Mann-Whitney U-test was performed.