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. 2019 Mar 21;99(7):3628–3634. doi: 10.1002/jsfa.9583

Table 4.

Ash and mineral measures of the proximal, medial and distal parts of humerus and femur

		Diet^a				P‐value
		LP	MP	HP	SEM	Diet
Humerus:
Ash, g kg⁻¹ DM^b	Proximal	33.97^a	45.64^b	48.47^b	1.57	***
	Medial	55.73^a	62.02^b	64.71^b	1.21	***
	Distal	43.73^a	55.16^b	55.17^b	1.38	***
Phosphorus, g kg⁻¹ DM	Proximal	5.69^a	8.00^b	8.65^b	0.29	***
	Medial	9.47^a	10.96^b	11.40^b	0.22	***
	Distal	7.26^a	9.67^b	9.70^b	0.24	***
Calcium, g kg⁻¹ DM	Proximal	12.43^a	16.70^b	17.00^b	0.58	***
	Medial	21.00^a	23.21^b	24.10^b	0.47	^**
	Distal	16.07^a	20.41^b	20.39^b	0.50	***
Femur:
Ash, g kg⁻¹ DM^b	Proximal	37.96^a	53.44^b	52.92^b	0.47	***
	Medial	49.99^a	59.69^b	58.14^b	1.62	^**
	Distal	37.43^a	49.66^b	48.55^b	0.61	***
Phosphorus, g kg⁻¹ DM	Proximal	6.35^a	9.44^b	9.37^b	0.10	***
	Medial	8.50^a	10.44^b	10.21^b	0.24	***
	Distal	6.26^a	8.73^b	8.46^b	0.10	***
Calcium, g kg⁻¹ DM	Proximal	13.89^a	19.75^b	19.55^b	0.19	***
	Medial	18.88^a	22.13^b	21.47^b	0.54	^**
	Distal	13.75^a	18.24^b	17.63^b	0.23	***

^a

LP, low‐phosphorus diet; MP, medium‐phosphorus diet; HP, high‐phosphorus diet.

^b

DM, dry matter.

^* P < 0.05,

^**

P < 0.01,

^***

P < 0.001.

^a,bValues within a row with unlike lower‐case superscript letters were significantly different.