Neonatally Induced Mild Diabetes in Rats and Its Effect on Maternal, Placental, and Fetal Parameters

Table 1

Maternal reproductive performance of rats with mild diabetes (MD) and nondiabetic rats (control) at term pregnancy.

	Groups
	Control  (𝑛=28)	MD  (𝑛=28)
Corpora lutea
Total (N)	398	359
Mean SD	14.2±1.6	12.4±1.9^∗
Implantation
Total (N)	374	303
Mean SD	13.4 ± 1.4	10.4 ± 2.8^*
Live fetuses
Total (N)	359	250
Mean ± SD	12.8 ± 1.6	8.7 ± 3.4^*
Preimplantation loss (%)	5.7	16.1^*
Postimplantation loss (%)	4.0	21.3^*
Maternal weight gain (g)	123.1 ± 16.1	99.3 ± 25.0^*
Litter weight (g)	88.0 ± 10.6	62.3 ± 26.3^*
Fetal weight (g)	5.40 ± 0.27	5.36 ± 0.46

Data expressed as mean standard deviation.
^∗𝑃<0.05—statistically significant difference compared to control group (Student t-test).