. 2018 May 17;10(5):632. doi: 10.3390/nu10050632

Table 3.

Clinical blood chemistry outcomes of pigs differing in early-life iron status ¹.

Measure	n ²	CONT						ID						Pooled SEM	p-Value ³
		PND						PND							p-Value ³
		7	14	21	28	35	56	7	14	21	28	35	56		PND	Diet	Interaction
Sodium, mmol/L	176	141 ^b	137 ^a	137 ^a	140 ^b	141 ^b	142 ^b	142 ^b	137 ^a	136 ^a	137 ^a	136 ^a	142 ^b	1.1	<0.001	0.002	0.007
Potassium, mmol/L	171	5.2	5.7	6.1	6.0	5.7	6.6	5.6	5.8	5.7	5.9	5.7	6.4	0.36	0.010	0.849	0.645
Chloride, mmol/L	177	102	101	101	102	105	102	103	98	97	100	104	103	1.9	0.002	0.041	0.347
Ionized calcium, mmol/L	175	1.24	1.17	1.25	1.28	1.25	1.40	1.22	1.09	1.18	1.20	1.15	1.38	0.081	<0.001	<0.001	0.427
Total carbon dioxide, mmol/L	174	28	27	23	24	23	27	28	28	26	23	20	28	1.3	<0.001	0.749	0.099
Glucose, mg/dL	175	103	111	127	128	124	117	103	109	114	119	112	127	5.6	<0.001	0.070	0.073
Urea nitrogen, mg/dL	145	23	10	7	12	7	6	22	11	6	9	12	6	3.5	<0.001	0.955	0.747
Creatinine, mg/dL	176	0.5 ^a	0.6 ^a	0.7 ^b	0.8 ^c	1.3 ^e	1.0 ^d	0.6 ^a	0.5 ^a	0.6 ^a	0.7 ^b	1.1 ^d	0.8 ^bc	0.05	<0.001	<0.001	0.010

¹ Data presented as mean and pooled standard error of the means (SEM) for each dietary treatment group. Main effects of dietary treatment (Diet; CONT vs. ID) and PND, and the interaction between Diet and PND are presented. ^a–e Means in a row without a common superscript letter differ, p < 0.05. Abbreviations: CONT, control diet; ID, iron deficient diet; PND, postnatal day; SEM, standard error of the mean. ² Total number of observations used. ³ p-Values for the main and interactive effects of early-life dietary iron concentration.