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Table 3 Frequency of skeletal anomaly of fetuses from mild diabetic (STZ) and non- diabetic (ND)rats.

From: Repercussions of mild diabetes on pregnancy in Wistar rats and on the fetal development

Skeletal Anomaly (%)

ND

(n = 81 fetuses)

STZ

(n= 41 fetuses)

Number of fetal skeletal anomalies/dams

10/15

17/11

Abnormally shaped sternebrae

2/81 (2.47)

9/41 (21.95)

Absent sternebrae

0/81 (0.00)

1/41 (2.43)

Incomplete ossification of sternebrae

0/81 (0.00)

3/41 (7.32)

Bipartite cervical nuclei

3/81 (3.70)

0/41 (0.00)

Incomplete ossification of cervical nuclei

5/81 (6.17)

0/41 (0.00)

Non-ossified sacral vertebrae

0/81 (0.00)

1/41 (2.43)

Non-ossified caudal vertebrae

0/81 (0.00)

3/41 (7.32)

  1. p > 0.05 - non-significant