Table 5.

Effect of different emulsifier supplementation on plasma lipid metabolism in piglets^1,2

Items	Treatments3				SEM	P-value
	CTR	SSL	PGFE	PG-SL
CHOL, mmol /L	2.60	2.79	2.39	2.54	0.07	0.196
TG, mmol /L	0.51	0.39	0.49	0.40	0.03	0.344
HDL-C, mmol /L	2.45	2.22	2.04	2.67	0.16	0.562
LDL-C, mmol /L	1.37a	1.15ab	0.87b	0.89b	0.08	0.064
HDL-C/LDL-C	1.90	1.96	2.67	3.31	0.30	0.296

¹CHOL = cholesterol, TG = triglyceride, HDL-C = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C = low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.

² n = 4 pigs per treatment.

³CTR = basal diet; SSL = basal diet + 0.1% SSL; PGFE = basal diet + PGFE; PG-SL = basal diet + 0.08% PGFE + 0.02% SSL.

^a,bMean values within a row without a common superscript differ significantly (P < 0.05).