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. 2017 Jun 15;12(6):e0179693. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179693

Table 2. The effect of maternal treatment with HMB on biochemical and hormonal analysis in blood serum in newborn piglets.

Item Female Male SEM Influence of
control HMB control HMB treatment sex Interaction of treatment*sex
P, mmol/L 2.38a 1.43b 2.34a 1.62b 0.10 <0.001 0.522 0.152
Ca+2, mmol/L 1.35b 1.24a 1.34ab 1.11c 0.03 <0.001 0.023 0.063
Total Ca, mmol/L 2.64c 2.41ab 2.62bc 2.19a 0.05 <0.001 0.046 0.101
TAP, U/L 2276ab 3054b 1250a 2977b 200 <0.001 0.058 0.203
Leptin, ng/mL 29.72a 39.47b 29.84a 41.77b 0.95 <0.001 0.804 0.171
IGF I, ng/mL 22.82a 60.70b 13.60a 53.92b 2.98 <0.001 0.029 0.683
LH, ng/mL 1.05a 1.35a 1.05a 3.13b 0.14 <0.001 0.002 0.002
FSH, ng/mL 23.00a 52.31b 25.96a 75.53c 4.53 <0.001 0.010 0.039
Estradiol, ng/mL 0.881a 1.961b 0.550a 2.255b 0.132 <0.001 0.924 0.102
Testosterone, ng/mL 0.092a 0.123b 0.120ab 0.170c 0.006 <0.001 <0.001 0.317

a, b, c—mean values in rows with different letters differ significantly at P<0.05; SEM—standard error of the means.