Figure 2

Effect of folate deficiency on food consumption, fetal and placental weights in mice. Feeding a folate deficient diet prior to and during pregnancy did not influence daily food intake (a) but did decreased fetal weight (b) and fetal/placental weight ratio (c). In addition, folate deficiency did not affect placental weight (d) crown rump length (e), or litter size (f). Placental and fetal data were averaged within each litter and the litter mean was used as the observation for that dam. Thus, n represents the number of litters. Values are given as mean + SEM; *P < 0.05 vs. control; unpaired Student’s t-test; n = 6–7.