Table 6. Functional categories and corresponding DEGs in high androstenone liver tissues.

Function	Number of genes	p-value*	Genes
Amino acid metabolism	3	8.71E-06 to 3.49E-02	HAL, SDS, CDKN1A
Small molecule biochemistry	8	8.71E-06 to 2.51E-02	HAL, CYP7A1, MBL2, AMPD3, HSD17B2, IP6K1, SDS, CDKN1A
Cellular development	4	3.15E-04 to 2.49E-02	CDKN1A, KRT8, HIST1H4A, MBL2
Lipid metabolism	5	1.10E-03 to 2.41E-02	CYP7A1, MBL2, HSD17B2, IP6K1, CDKN1A, KRT8
Molecular transport	3	1.11E-03 to 4.41E-02	CYP7A1, MBL2, CDKN1A
Cell function and maintenance	4	1.20E-03 to 4.90E-02	CDKN1A, MBL2, KRT8, KRT18
Cell growth and proliferation	3	1.20E-03 to 2.90E-02	CDKN1A, MBL2, KRT8

^*Numbers in the p-value column showed a range of p-values for the genes from each category.