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. 2018 Mar 9;12:42. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00042

Table 1.

Dam and offspring body weights (g, mean ± SEM).

Body weight of dams Treatment during pregnancy
Control Pair-fed Alcohol-exposed
Pregnant dams (N) 10 11 13
Maternal death/illness (N) 0 0 0
Perinatal death 0.4 ± 0.2 0.36 ± 0.2 0.38 ± 0.2
Litter size 15.8 ± 0.8 14.7 ± 0.8 15.2 ± 0.7
Total litter mass 104.8 ± 4.4 101.3 ± 4.1 97.9 ± 3.8
DAM WEIGHT (g)
GD 1 287.1 ± 3.5 289.3 ± 3.5 289.5 ± 3.1
GD 7 331.5 ± 4.2 307.5 ± 4.2a 305.8 ± 3.7a
GD 14 387.8 ± 6.4 354.5 ± 6.4a 347.5 ± 5.6a
GD 21 497.0 ± 9.2 445.0 ± 9.2a 434.8 ± 8.1a
LD 1 393.6 ± 7.5 367.0 ± 7.2a 349.0 ± 6.6a
LD 8 381.4 ± 7.4 369.1 ± 7.1 374.3 ± 6.5
LD 15 378.8 ± 7.4 368.5 ± 7.0 381.4 ± 6.5
LD 22 347.4 ± 6.0 336.3 ± 5.7 350.8 ± 5.3
Body weight of offspring Prenatal treatment
Control Pair-fed PAE
MALES
PND 1 6.9 ± 0.2 7.1 ± 0.2 6.6 ± 0.2
PND 8 17.7 ± 0.6 18.7 ± 0.6 18.0 ± 0.5
PND 15 33.9 ± 2.0 35.3 ± 1.9 33.9 ± 1.8
PND 22 56.1 ± 1.5 57.5 ± 1.4 59.3 ± 1.3
Pre-CUS 548.3 ± 11.2 553.8 ± 11.2 561.4 ± 11.2
FEMALES
PND 1 6.7 ± 0.1 6.8 ± 0.1 6.4 ± 0.1
PND 8 17.1 ± 0.5 17.7 ± 0.5 17.4 ± 0.5
PND 15 33.0 ± 1.3 34.2 ± 1.2 35.2 ± 1.1
PND 22 54.9 ± 1.5 55.7 ± 1.4 56.7 ± 1.3
Pre-CUS 314.2 ± 6.5 311.1 ± 6.5 337.5 ± 6.5b
a

PAE = PF < C.

b

PAE > C = PF.