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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Endocrinol. 2018 Oct 16;239(2):253–265. doi: 10.1530/JOE-18-0382

Table 2.

Arterial blood gas and chemistry in control and IUGR fetal sheep aged ~134 dGA.

Comparison of Means
Control
(n=8)		 IUGR
(n=15)		 P-Value
pH 7.35±0.02 7.35±0.02 ns
Hemoglobin (mmol L−1) 7.8±1.6 7.4±1.0 ns
PCO2 (mmHg) 50.7±2.8 51.5±2.2 ns
PO2 (mmHg) 19.8±1.6 14.8±2.8* 0.0002
O2 saturation (%) 47.6±5.9 30.7±10.9* 0.0006
O2 content (mmol L−1) 3.1±0.5 2.1±0.9* 0.0063
Glucose (mg dL−1) 21±5 14±4* 0.0019
Lactate (mmol L−1) 2.5±0.5 2.7±0.9 ns
Insulin (ng mL−1) 0.4±0.2 0.2±0.1* 0.0171
Cortisol (ng mL−1) 9.2±7.0 23.6±18.2* 0.0431
Norepinephrine (pg mL−1) 602±404 1,699±1,492* 0.0034
IGF-1 (ng mL−1) 125±37 54±33* 0.0001

Groups compared by Student’s t-test. Not significant (ns). Data are shown as mean±standard deviation.