Table 1:

Study population characteristics

Characteristic	Control	Maternal Obesity	p-value
Dam weight at breeding (g)*	20.60 ± 0.58	31.83 ± 0.94	0.02
Dam weight at sacrifice (g)	36.38 ± 1.13	42.97 ± 1.80	0.03
Litter size	8.8 ± 1.2	6.25 ± 1.49	0.24
Fetal weight (g)
Male	0.96 ± 0.03	0.97 ± 0.03	0.93
Female	0.86 ± 0.04	0.91 ± 0.02	0.67
Both sexes combined	0.90 ± 0. 03	0.93 ± 0.02	0.57
Placental weight (g)
Male	0.12 ± 0.01	0.11 ± 0.01	0.59
Female	0.11 ± 0.01	0.10 ± 0.01	0.19
Both sexes combined	0.12 ± 0. 01	0. 10 ± 0. 01	0.13
CD11b+ cells isolated from brain
Male	3.85 × 105± 0.63	7.42 × 105 ± 1.14	0.02
Female	4.65 × 105 ± 0.50	7.75 × l05 ± 0.81	0.003
Both sexes combined	4.25 × 105 ± 0.40	7.60 × 105 ± 0.66	<0.001
CD11b+ cells isolated from placenta
Male	7.02 × 105 ± 1.54	8.32 × 105 ± 1.37	0.47
Female	7.21 × 105 ± 1.86	6.23 × 105 ± 0.76	0.99
Both sexes combined	7.171× 105 ± 1.16	7.27 × 105 ± 0.80	0.59
CD11b− cells isolated from brain
Male	9.13 × 106 ± 2.12	10.33 × 106 ± 1.30	0.35
Female	10.03 × 106 ± 1.56	14.52 × 106 ± 2.89	0.24
Both sexes combined	9.57 × 106 ± 1.28	12.56 × 106 ± 1.69	0.16
CD11b− cells isolated from placenta
Male	4.42 × 106 ± 0.77	4.22 × 106 ± 0.36	0.91
Female	3.12 × 106 ± 0.60	4.90 × 106 ± 0.28	0.03
Combined	3.77 × 106 ± 0.50	4.58 × 106 ± 0.24	0.09

^*Data are expressed as mean ± SEM unless otherwise indicated