Table 1. Metabolic and endocrine parameters in two breeds of piglets.

Parameters	LW	EHL	p-value	FDR
Body length (cm)	25.83±0.31	19.67±0.92	0.001	0.004
Body weight (kg)	1.34±0.03	0.76±0.03	0.000	0.000
Liver weight (g)	32.87±1.57	16.19±0.85	0.000	0.000
Liver index (g/kg)	24.50±1.04	21.56±1.60	0.153	0.251
Serum leptin (ng/ml)	5.06±0.33	3.61±0.35	0.015	0.038
Serum insulin (µIU/ml)	18.91±2.61	11.12±1.37	0.025	0.044
Serum cortisol (ng/ml)	152.84±26.65	297.08±45.63	0.019	0.038
Serum FT3 (fmol/ml)	4.29±1.06	3.36±0.34	0.391	0.470
Serum T3 (ng/ml)	4.44±0.37	4.87±0.19	0.318	0.441
Serum T4 (ng/ml)	38.15±8.97	37.6±2.47	0.953	0.953
T3/T4	0.18±0.06	0.13±0.01	0.477	0.551
Serum Glucose (mmol/L)	3.17±0.29	2.79±0.32	0.391	0.470
Serum TG (mmol/L)	0.29±0.07	0.27±0.06	0.796	0.842
Serum TCH (mmol/L)	0.77±0.03	1.55±0.16	0.004	0.016
Serum HDLC (mmol/L)	0.31±0.02	0.44±0.04	0.017	0.038
Serum LDLC (mmol/L)	0.24±0.02	0.55±0.08	0.014	0.019
Liver TCH (mg/g)	1.61±0.33	2.69±0.13	0.012	0.036
Liver TG (mg/g)	5.33±1.18	3.90±0.51	0.300	0.441

All data were expressed as mean ± SEM, and FDR <0.05 was considered significant.