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Table 1 Maternal and fetal characteristics at day 21 of gestation

From: Lipocalin-2 (Lcn2) expression is mediated by maternal nutrition during the development of the fetal liver

Diet (n)

18S (8)

9S (10)

18C (9)

9C (6)

P value (two-way ANOVA)

Mean

SEM

Mean

SEM

Mean

SEM

Mean

SEM

Protein

Oil

Protein × Oil

Dam live Wt (g)

386

5

380

5

389

6

366

6

0.03

ns

0.05

Litter size

15.9

0.9

14.9

0.7

14.0

0.7

14.3

1.3

ns

ns

ns

Fetal wt (g)a

4.18

0.06

4.00

0.06

4.14

0.07

4.06

0.08

0.012

ns

ns

Fetal liver wt (mg)a

247.5

6.6

235.4

6.1

252.0

7.7

248.6

10.1

0.011

ns

ns

  1. Data are mean ± SEM
  2. aFemale fetuses only and two-way ANOVA corrected for litter size as covariate (where P < 0.001). ns = P > 0.05