Table 3. Effects of the daily 3-meal pattern with different dietary protein contents on plasma biochemical indexes of pigs.

Items	Control group	High-Low group	Low-High group	P value
Glucose	4.39±0.14	4.67±0.10	4.83±0.43	0.455
Total protein	64.02±2.60	64.02±2.37	64.65±1.47	0.973
Gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) (U/L)	79.52±18.04 a	41.65±6.71 b	40.6±2.41 b	0.033
Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (U/L)	59.33±4.16	59.33±5.16	50.6±7.03	0.519
Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (U/L)	46.20±2.84	56.33±8.97	44.83±3.2	0.351
Lactate Dehydrogenase (U/L)	524.2±52.79 a b	599.6±95.22 a	372.7±20.67 b	0.048
Urea (mmol/L)	4.32±0.29	5.19±0.56	5.04±0.48	0.361

Values are expressed as mean ± SEM, n = 7 pigs in each experimental groups.

^a,b indicate that means with different letters are significantly different (p<0.05)