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Table 3 Traits affected by food restriction (FR) in the latter half of gestation in Sprague-Dawley rats

From: Sex-dependent effects of prenatal food and protein restriction on offspring physiology in rats and mice: systematic review and meta-analyses

Study

Na

Manipulation

Duration

Traits affected in males

Traits affected in females

Traits affected in both sexes

Analysed sexes separately or tested interaction

Choi 2007 [56]

6

FR (75%)

GD 10–birth

Hepatic

Hepatic

Birthweight; hepatic

Sexes separately

Desai 2005 [57]

12

FR (50%)

GD 10–birth

None

None

Body weight

Not clear

Desai 2007 [58]

6

FR (50%)

GD 10–birth

None

None

Body weight; fat; leptin; blood lipids; glucose; insulin; glucose tolerance test; behavioural

Not clear

Gutierrez-Arzapalo 2018 [59]

3–5

FR (50%)

GD 11–birth

Cardiovascularb

Cardiovascularb

Birthweight; cardiovascular

Interaction

Hemmings 2005 [60]

8–11

FR (40%)

GD 15–birth

Cardiovascular

Cardiovascular

Birthweight

Sexes separately

Khorram 2011 [61]

4–6

FR (50%)

GD 10–birth

Corticosterone; adrenala

Adrenala

Body weight; adrenal

Sexes separately

Lee 2013 [62]

4

FR (50%)

GD 10–birth

Body weight

None

Body weight; fat; blood lipids; leptin

Sexes separately

Matveyenko 2010 [63]

6

FR (50%)

GD 11–21

Body weight; pancreatic

None

Birthweight; pancreatic

Sexes separately

Molle 2015 [64]

6

FR (50%)

GD 10–birth

Behaviouralb; brain

Behaviouralb

Behavioural; brain

Interaction

Munoz-Valverde 2015 [65]

12

FR (50%)

GD 11–birth

None

None

Birthweight; cardiovascular; hepatic; fat; glucose

Sexes separately

Paek 2015 [66]

4

FR (50%)

GD 10–birth

None

None

Birthweight; body weight; lung

Not clear

Rodríguez-Rodríguez 2015 [67]

6

FR (50%)

GD 11–birth

Cardiovascular; oxidative status

None

Birthweight; oxidative status

Sexes separately

Rodríguez-Rodríguez 2017 [68]

5

FR (50%)

GD 11–birth

Cardiovascularb

Cardiovascularb

Birthweight; cardiovascular

Interaction

You 2015 [69]

5

FR (50%)

GD 10–birth

Hepatic; homocysteine

None

None

Sexes separately

  1. aSample size is provided as the number of dams per group (? = not stated)
  2. bManipulation had opposite effect in males and females for some traits