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Table 1 Maternal and foetal characteristics at day 21 of gestation

From: Gene and protein expression profiles in the foetal liver of the pregnant rat fed a low protein diet

 

Diet (n)

p value (two-way ANOVA)

18C (9)

9C (6)

18S (8)

9S (10)

Protein

Oil

Protein × oil

Mean

SEM

Mean

SEM

Mean

SEM

Mean

SEM

Dam live wt (g)

389

6

366

6

386

5

380

5

0.03

ns

0.05

Litter size

14

0.7

14.3

1.3

15.9

0.9

14.9

0.7

ns

ns

ns

Foetal wt (g)*

4.14

0.07

4.06

0.08

4.18

0.0.6

4.00

0.06

0.012

ns

ns

Foetal liver wt (mg)*

252.0

7.7

248.6

10.1

247.5

6.6

235.4

6.1

0.011

ns

ns

  1. Data are mean ± SEM
  2. *Female fetuses only and two-way ANOVA corrected for litter size as covariate (where p < 0.001), ns: p > 0.05