Table 1. Hemoglobin, hematocrit and tissue iron content in liver and spleen at PD20.

	Normal			Growth Restricted
	Veh (control)	30 μg/d	150 μg/d	Veh (control)	30 μg/d	150 μg/d
Hg (g/L)	121.1 ± 2.4	130.7 ± 2.9 *	134.3 ± 5.9 *	119.9 ± 2.6	135.6 ± 5.4*	120.8 ± 6.8
HCT (%)	33.3 ± 0.7	40.3 ± 0.9 *	40.0 ± 1.0 *	27.5 ± 1.6	34.0 ± 0.9 *	35.3 ± 1.1 *
Liver Fe (μg/g)	54.3 ± 4.5	100.6 ± 17.5 *	340.4 ± 56.9 *	64.9 ± 8.2	198.1 ± 16.3 *	538.4 ± 27.4 *
Spleen Fe (μg/g)	139.3 ± 5.0	179.7 ± 1.9 *	205.8 ± 18.7 *	168.1 ± 15.7	311.3 ± 51.7 *	391.6 ± 36.8 *

Hemoglobin, hematocrit, and tissue iron content in liver and spleen of rats at PD20. Values are presented as mean ± SEM.

*p < 0.05, assessed by Student’s t-test compared to Veh (control).