Table 1.

Fetal blood and plasma parameters

	CON	IUGR
Fetal weight, g	3,324 ± 137	1,331 ± 132*
Fetal hindlimb weight, g	344 ± 17	157 ± 14*
Biceps femoris weight, g	18.1 ± 0.7	8.7 ± 0.9*
Total fetuses	8	10
Male fetus, %	50	50
Gestational age, days	134 ± 0	134 ± 0
pH	7.36 ± 0.0	7.33 ± 0.1*
$\text{P}{\text{a}}_{\text{C}\text{O}}{}_{{}_2}$, mmHg	50.4 ± 0.7	51.6 ± 0.8
$\text{P}{\text{a}}_{\text{O}}{}_{{}_2}$, mmHg	20.6 ± 0.7	13.6 ± 0.9*
$\text{S}{\text{a}}_{{\text{O}}_2}$, %	48.3 ± 1.6	22.0 ± 2.7*
O2 content, mmol/L	3.3 ± 0.2	1.4 ± 0.2*
Hematocrit, %	34.1 ± 1.0	32.3 ± 1.3
Hemoglobin, mmol/L	6.9 ± 0.2	6.5 ± 0.3
Glucose, mg/dL	17.9 ± 0.5	11.0 ± 1.0*
Lactate, mmol/L	2.0 ± 0.1	2.5 ± 0.2
Insulin, ng/mL	0.4 ± 0.1	0.1 ± 0.0*
IGF-1, ng/mL	108.2 ± 15.2	27.9 ± 6.0*
Cortisol, ng/mL	20.2 ± 5.3	24.3 ± 6.1
Norepinephrine, pg/mL#	617.1 ± 252.5	5,670 ± 2,474*

This cohort of animals is a subset of animals from a previously published study (67). CON (n = 8) and IUGR (n = 10). CON, control; IUGR, intrauterine growth restriction.

^*P ≤ 0.05, unpaired Student’s t tests. Data are represented as means ± SE;

^#Data were log transformed for analysis.