Table 2.
Anthropometric data of lactating dams fed Control (100% FC), Mixed Choline (MC; 50% PC, 25% FC, 25% GPC) or High GPC (HGPC; 75% GPC, 12.5% PC, 12.5% FC) diets at the end of study period, 21 days postnatal.
| Control (n = 6) | MC (n = 6) | HGPC (n = 6) | p Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body weight (g) | 302 ± 11 | 322 ± 9 | 318 ± 5 | 0.284 |
| Spleen weight (g) | 0.75 ± 0.02 | 0.81 ± 0.05 | 0.79 ± 0.02 | 0.385 |
| Splenocytes/g spleen (×106) | 275 ± 14.9 | 220 ± 12.1 | 296 ± 20.3 | 0.086 |
| Mesenteric lymphocytes/animal (×106) | 6.3 ± 0.8 | 8.0 ± 0.7 | 6.3 ± 0.8 | 0.169 |
| Liver weight (g) | 14.6 ± 1.4 | 16.7 ± 0.8 | 15.1 ± 0.5 | 0.285 |
| Intestine length (cm) | 139 ± 4 | 145 ± 3 | 141 ± 2 | 0.339 |
| Food Intake (g/day) | 47 ± 3 | 46 ± 1 | 47 ± 1 | 0.395 |
| Average pup weight (g) | 60 ± 3 b | 74 ± 3 a | 72 ± 3 a | 0.007 |
FC, free choline; GPC, glycerophosphocholine; LysoPC, lysophosphatidylcholine; PC, phosphatidylcholine. Values are presented as mean ± SEM. p value of the main effect of diet analyzed by one-way ANOVA. Multiple comparisons between diet groups have been performed with Duncan adjustment. Means within a row that do not share a common superscript letters a, b are significantly different (p < 0.05).