Table 3.
Weight and food intake of pups
| Groups | Type of oils | Amounts of oils | Sex of pups | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Soybean | EVOO | P-value | 16% | 45% | P-value | Male | Female | P-value |
| Birth weight (g) | 1.39±0.3 | 1.04±0.1 | *<0.001 | 1.25±0.3 | 1.27±0.2 | 0.16 | 1.3±0.2 | 1.15±0.2 | *0.002 |
| Adolescence weight (g) | 20.1±2.1 | 15.2±1.7 | *<0.001 | 17.8±3.1 | 17.5±3.2 | 0.34 | 19.1±2.7 | 16.2±2.8 | *<0.001 |
| Food intake† (kcal/day) | 9.5±0.7 | 9.7±0.8 | 0.65 | 9.5±0.8 | 9.6±0.6 | 0.8 | 9.7±0.7 | 9.5±0.7 | 0.61 |
| Food intake‡ (kcal/day) | 11.9±0.7 | 11.6±0.5 | 0.54 | 11.7±0.7 | 11.9±0.6 | 0.58 | 11.8±0.5 | 11.6±0.5 | 0.75 |
| Food intakeǂ (kcal/day) | 23.6±1.1 | 23.5±0.8 | 0.58 | 23.5±1 | 23.7±0.8 | 0.79 | 23.6±0.9 | 23.5±0.8 | 0.81 |
Values are reported as the means±SE (N= 32 in each group)
†
Means of food intake at the end of week 1 after weaning
‡
Means of food intake at the end of week 2 after weaning
ǂ
Means of food intake at the end of week 3 after weaning
To adjust for confounding variables and assess the interactions among different variables (types and amounts of maternal dietary oil, as well as sex of offspring), ANCOVA was used (*statistically significant)