Research Article

Importance of Maternal Diabetes on the Chronological Deregulation of the Intrauterine Development: An Experimental Study in Rat

Table 4

Maternal hyperglycemia effect on pup somatometry of control rats (CR) and diabetic rats (DR).

F21 NB
CRDR valueCRDR value

Weight6.27 (0.62)3.61 (0.81)0.0006.92 (0.50)6.72 (0.64)0.032
CRL4.05 (0.19)3.30 (0.39)0.0004.40 (0.16)4.36 (0.24)0.30
NO1.67 (0.08)1.34 (0.21)0.0001.70 (0.10)1.73 (0.09)0.151
Tail1.53 (0.12)1.34 (0.13)0.0001.64 (0.11)1.66 (0.14)0.201
Waist ⌀1.45 (0.21)1.13 (0.10)0.0001.42 (0.14)1.41 (0.12)0.680

Data are expressed as means (standard deviations) of the various morphometric parameters using for comparisons. CRL = crown-rump length, NO = nasooccipital length, tail = tail length, and waist ⌀ = waist diameter.