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01-06-2015 | Erratum
Erratum to: Maternal vitamin C deficiency during pregnancy results in transient fetal and placental growth retardation in guinea pigs
Published in: European Journal of Nutrition | Issue 4/2015
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Unfortunately, some typographical errors are found in Table 1 of the original article. These errors introduced during the typesetting of the manuscript have been corrected with this erratum (Table 1).
Table 1
Numbers of guinea pig dams and pups and associated weight recordings and plasma and placental biochemical measurements
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Gestational day (GD)
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45
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56
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Two-way ANOVA
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Vitamin C regime (VitC)
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CTRL
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DEF
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CTRL
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DEF
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GD day
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VitC
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Number of dams
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5
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4
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4
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4
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Maternal initial weight (g)
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718 ± 91
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738 ± 88
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715 ± 35
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693 ± 46
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NS
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NS
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Number of pups
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12♀/12♂
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7♀/12♂
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9♀/11♂
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11♀/11♂
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Litter size (n)
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4.8 ± 2.4
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4.8 ± 2.1
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5.0 ± 1.4
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5.5 ± 1.3
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NS
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NS
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Maternal weight gain (∆g)
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168 ± 58a
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101 ± 87a
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258 ± 53b
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161 ± 78a
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NS
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0.05
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Fetal body weight (g)
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22.0 ± 4.2a
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17.0 ± 3.3b
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50.7 ± 8.3c
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51.5 ± 5.5c
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0.0001
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NS
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Fetal brain weight (g)
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1.1 ± 0.2a
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0.9 ± 0.1b
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2.1 ± 0.1c
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2.0 ± 0.1c
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0.0001
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0.01
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Placental weight (g)
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2.6 ± 0.4a
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2.3 ± 0.4b
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3.4 ± 0.5c
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3.2 ± 0.7c
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0.0001
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0.05
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Maternal plasma ascorbate (µM)
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45.9 ± 18.2a
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2.7 ± 0.6b
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38.9 ± 8.9a
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5.7 ± 7.5b
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NS
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0.0001
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Fetal plasma ascorbate (µM)
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149.2 ± 35.8a
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10.7 ± 5.4b
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75.5 ± 36.4c
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7.5 ± 2.5b
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0.0001
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0.0001
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Fetal brain total ascorbate (nmol/g)*
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3043 ± 285a
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1016 ± 270b
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2351 ± 137c
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966 ± 242b
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0.0001
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0.0001
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Placental total ascorbate (nmol/g)
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1993 ± 319a
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443 ± 128b
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1413 ± 112c
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476 ± 120b
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0.0001
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0.0001
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Placental ascorbate oxidation ratio
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9.3 ± 4.7a
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25.4 ± 8.1b
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16.6 ± 4.2c
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29.6 ± 9.0b
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0.001
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0.0001
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Placental gluthathione (nmol/g)
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586 ± 47a
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671 ± 69b
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369 ± 39c
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418 ± 45d
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0.0001
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0.0001
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