Fig. 6

Effects of prenatal dexamethasone treatment (PDT) on the body weight, serum hepatic function markers, serum cortisol level, and serum insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) level of the male neonates. A Neonatal body weight (n = 18); (B) Serum albumin (ALB) (n = 18); (C) Serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) (n = 18); (D) The ratio of ALB to AFP (n = 18); (E) Serum cortisol level (n = 18); (F) Serum IGF1 level (n = 18); (G) The correlation analysis between serum cortisol and IGF1; Mean ± S.E.M. ^* P < 0.05, ^** P < 0.01 vs. the control group. NS, no significance