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. 2016 May 22;31(5):686–695. doi: 10.5713/ajas.15.0810

Table 5.

Effects of intrauterine growth type and choline supplementation on the biochemical parameters of serum in the pigs

Item Treatment1) SEM p-value


NC NH IC IH Type (T) Diet (D) T×D
FFA (μEq/L) 202.29 97.42 306.59 180.52 28.54 0.01 <0.01 0.72
Triglyceride (mM) 0.35 0.15 0.56 0.37 0.08 0.02 0.04 0.97
Cholesterol (mM) 1.86a 1.00b 1.79a 1.83a 0.10 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01
HDL-C (mM) 0.31 0.34 0.27 0.28 0.05 0.31 0.59 0.84
LDL-C (mM) 0.98 0.98 0.93 1.11 0.10 0.69 0.38 0.38
HDL-C/Cholesterol 0.16b 0.32a 0.12b 0.15b 0.02 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01

SEM, standard error of the mean; FFA, free fatty acid; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low density lipoprotein cholesterol.

1)

NC, normal birth weight pigs fed basal diet; NH, normal birth weight pigs fed high-choline diet; IC, intrauterine-growth-restricted pigs fed basal diet; IH, intrauterine-growth-restricted pigs fed high-choline diet.

a,b

Mean values within a row with different superscripts a or b are with significantly different (p<0.05).