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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 2.
Published in final edited form as: Early Hum Dev. 2007 May 18;84(2):121–127. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2007.03.013

Table 1.

Fetal Weight and Plasma Lactate/Pyruvate Levels

Fetal Values NMX HPX P value
Gestational age (d) 62.2 ± 0.2 61.2 ± 0.4 ns
Fetal Wt (FW)(g) 78.4 ± 4.2 63.5 ± 4.2 0.03
Placenta/FW 0.066 ± 0.003 0.087 ± 0.004 0.002
Liver/FW 0.054 ± 0.002 0.058 ± 0.003 ns
Kidney/FW 0.0051 ± 0.0003 0.0049 ± 0.0002 ns
Lactate (mmol/L) 3.85 ± 1.02 3.37 ± 0.53 ns
Pyruvate (mmol/L 0.09 ± 0.03 0.10 ± 0.02 ns
Lactate/Pyruvate 50.80 ± 10.1 36.9 ± 5.10 ns

P<0.05 indicates significance; ‘ns’ indicates no significant differences.

Values are mean ± SEM; NMX = normoxia, N=5; HPX= hypoxia (10.5%O2 for 14d), N=6.