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. 2018 Aug 15;9:1141. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01141

Table 2.

Fetal biometric measures at E18.5 in P0+/+ and P0+/- mice.

P0+/+ vehicle P0+/+ melatonin P0+/- vehicle P0+/- melatonin
Crown:rump length (mm) 28.8 ± 0.3 28.6 ± 0.2 27.4 ± 0.3a,b 26.7 ± 0.3a,b
Abdominal circumference (mm) 26.4 ± 0.5 26.9 ± 0.4 23.6 ± 0.4a,b 24.6 ± 0.3a,b,c
Head circumference (mm) 25.1 ± 0.4 25.1 ± 0.1 24.8 ± 0.3 24.9 ± 0.2

Number of litters as follows; P0+/+ vehicle N = 10, P0+/+ melatonin N = 11, P0+/- vehicle N = 10, P0+/- melatonin N = 11. aP < 0.001 compared with P0+/+ vehicle, bP < 0.001 compared with P0+/+ melatonin, cP < 0.05 compared with P0+/- vehicle, generalized linear mixed models with sequential Sidak post-test.