Mouse maternal systemic inflammation at the zygote stage causes blunted cytokine responsiveness in lipopolysaccharide-challenged adult offspring

Table 1 Gestation and birth data for each maternal treatment group^a

Maternal treatment (μg/kg LPS)	Number of mothers	Gestation length (days)	Total number of offspring	Mean litter size	Male:female ratio	Mean birthweight (g)
0 (saline control)	6	19	65	10.8 ± 0.6	1.1 ± 0.17	1.62 ± 0.02
10	6	19	82	13.7 ± 0.6*	1.4 ± 0.21	1.57 ± 0.01
50	6	19	76	12.7 ± 0.3	1.0 ± 0.16	1.57 ± 0.01
150	6	19	68	11.3 ± 1.0	1.1 ± 0.18	1.64 ± 0.02

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