Table 1. Lamb characteristics.

Variable	Experimental group
	Sal/Sal	LPS/Sal	LPS/hAEC
GA (d)	129.7 ± 1.4	128.9 ± 0.9	126.6 ± 0.79
N (% male)	9 (44.4)	10 (50.0)	7 (42.9)
Birth body weight (kg)	2.89 ± 0.14	3.29 ± 0.13	3.12 ± 0.8
PM body weight (kg)	2.78 ± 0.13	3.02 ± 0.09	2.90 ± 0.05
Left lung weight/PM body weight (g/kg)	11.5 ± 1.2	17.9 ± 1.9*	17.0 ± 1.8*
Static lung compliance ((mL/kg)/cmH2O)	1.97 ± 0.87	0.76 ± 0.05	0.53 ± 0.06*
Liver weight/PM body weight (g/kg)	33.4 ± 2.3	33.6 ± 2.0	35.7 ± 2.6
Thymus weight/PM body weight (g/kg)	1.96 ± 0.37	2.37 ± 0.56	2.96 ± 1.13
Spleen weight/PM body weight (g/kg)	1.90 ± 0.32	2.38 ± 0.18	2.67 ± 0.70
Adrenal weight/PM body weight (g/kg)	0.28 ± 0.02	0.22 ± 0.05	0.22 ± 0.05

Data are mean ± SD. PM = post mortem; GA = gestational age.

*P<0.05 significantly different to Sal/Sal.