Maternal DHA supplementation influences sex-specific disruption of placental gene expression following early prenatal stress

Table 2 Maternal and litter characteristics by diet and early prenatal stress

Dams	Litter size	Males	Females	Corpora lutea	Fetal* loss	Resorptions	Sex ratio
CTL–No EPS	7 ± 1.63	4.66 ± 1.25	2.33 ± 0.47	8 ± 1.41	1 ± 0.82	1 ± 1.414	0.66
CTL–EPS	5 ± 2.53	2.8 ± 1.33	2.2 ± 1.72	9 ± 2.76	4 ± 2.76	1.6 ±0.8	0.64
No EPS–DHA	7.66 ± 0.47	4.33 ± 1.25	3.33 ± 0.94	7.66 ± 0.47	0	0.333 ± 0.47	0.56
EPS–DHA	7.5 ± 0.5	5.25 ± 0.43	2.25 ± 0.83	8 ± 0.71	0.5 ± 0.87	0.5 ± 0.87	0.71

Data presented as Mean ± SD. Fetal loss was quantified as the difference between litter size and number of corpus lutea
*Denotes a significant main effect of diet on fetal loss (p = 0.041), but diet*EPS interaction was not significant. Please refer to the “Effect of EPS and maternal diet on litter characteristics” section in the main text

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