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. 2020 Sep 10;11:51. doi: 10.1186/s13293-020-00327-2

Table 3.

Numbers of significantly altered male and female fetal sex-specific miRNAs in each maternal alcohol exposure group, relative to the UE control group

Trimester Sex-specific at baseline Male-specific Female-specific
HEa HEua HEa HEua
2nd 11 22 (2) 4 (0) 5 (2) 20 (2)
3rd 10 24 (5) 9 (2) 5 (0) 8 (2)

Number of alcohol-sensitive fetal sex-specific maternal miRNAs as identified by bootstrap analysis of effect size. Numbers in brackets indicate the number of miRNAs showing sex specificity at baseline