Table 2.

Histological analysis (mean ± standard deviation; n = 7, nm) of 7-day-old piglet intestine, NBW, and IUGR. Statistical studies were made by two-way ANOVA analysis of variances with Gaussian distributions. This assumption is tested using the method of Kolmogorov and Smirnov.

	Villi			Crypts			Mucosa			Muscularis
	NBW	IUGR	p	NBW	IUGR	p	NBW	IUGR	p	NBW	IUGR	p
DUO	661 ± 162	442 ± 91	0.001	179 ± 50	134 ± 24	<0.1	1191 ± 253	834 ± 216	NS	218 ± 122	179 ± 56	NS
PROX	886 ± 346	552 ± 76	0.001	133 ± 28	106 ± 26	<0.1	1086 ± 211	802 ± 124	NS	183 ± 27	135 ± 11	0.001
MID	833 ± 215	570 ± 108	0.1	113 ± 13	111 ± 18	NS	1319 ± 232	732 ± 84	0.1	190 ± 27	136 ± 22	0.001
DIST	755 ± 393	430 ± 211	<0.1	126 ± 21	115 ± 21	NS	1120 ± 299	730 ± 89	NS	199 ± 21	146 ± 22	0.001
ILE	511 ± 145	361 ± 82	0.1	140 ± 16	129 ± 21	NS	744 ± 202	612 ± 123	NS	255 ± 42	241 ± 64	NS

DUO: duodenum; POX: proximal jejunum; MID: midjejunum; DIST: distal jejunum; ILE: ileum.