Table 3.

Effects of feeding frequency on serum metabolites and liver metabolites of growing pigs ¹.

Organ	Items	M1	M2	p Value
Serum	TBA (μmol/L)	21.80 ± 2.328	41.25 ± 7.128	0.067
	Glucose (mmol/L)	7.720 ± 0.475	8.384 ± 0.589	0.406
	T-CHO (mmol/L)	2.507 ± 0.077	2.038 ± 0.071	0.001
	TG (mmol/L)	0.712 ± 0.046	0.518 ± 0.020	0.003
	HDL-C (mmol/L)	1.105 ± 0.054	0.808 ± 0.036	0.001
	LDL-C (mmol/L)	1.262 ± 0.030	1.106 ± 0.026	0.005
liver	TBA (μmol/g protein)	3.589 ± 0.442	3.147 ± 0.347	0.463
	T-CHO (mmol/g protein)	0.009 ± 0.001	0.064 ± 0.006	0.011
	TG (mmol/g protein)	0.051± 0.005	0.030 ± 0.004	0.016
	HDL-C (mmol/g protein)	0.556 ± 0.057	0.796 ± 0.082	0.180
	LDL-C (mmol/g protein)	0.014 ± 0.002	0.011 ± 0.001	0.170

¹ Data are presented as group mean ± SEM, n = 6. M1: feeding once per day; M2: feeding twice per day. TBA: Total bile acid; T-CHO: Total cholesterol; TG: Triglycerides; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol.