Effects of exogenous adiponectin supplementation in early pregnant PCOS mice on the metabolic syndrome of adult female offspring

Table 1 Fertility indexes of mice of each group (mean ± SD)

Groups	Total (pcs)	Pregnancy (pcs)	Pregnancy rate (%)	Average litter size (pcs)
maternal-control	7	6	85.71	7.00 ± 2.28
maternal-PCOS	17	5	29.41^{*, ++}	1.80 ± 0.30 ^{**, +}
maternal-APN + PCOS	16	13	81.25	4.08 ± 2.18^*

^*, ^** indicate significance of the maternal-control group at p < 0.05 and p < 0.01 probability level, respectively; ⁺, ⁺⁺ indicate significance of the maternal-PCOS + APN group at p < 0.05 and p < 0.01 probability level, respectively

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