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Published in final edited form as: Brain Behav Immun. 2019 Apr 24;85:46–56. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2019.04.031

Table 4.

Body and tissue weights of preterm piglets after 22 days.

	ENT n = 11	IL n = 12	SMOF n = 11	EXP n = 11	ANOVA P-value
Body Weight
Day Initial (g)	1158 ± 62.1	1161 ± 75.3	1202 ± 104	1106 ± 73.6	0.87
Day Final (g)	3678 ± 173	3420 ± 215	3769 ± 288	3615 ± 166	0.69
Growth Rate g/(kg·d)	47.6 ± 1.29	45.6 ± 1.75	47.7 ± 1.23	48.9 ± 0.99	0.37
Lean tissue, g	3265 ± 150	2948 ± 171	3357 ± 240	3139± 147	0.41
Lean tissue, %	93.0 ± 0.45	90.6 ± 0.39^a	93.6 ± 0.51	93.2 ± 0.44^b	<0.01
Fat tissue, g	201 ± 19.6	260 ± 17.5	182 ± 21.6^b	182 ± 16.3^b	0.01
Fat tissue, %	5.66 ± 0.43	8.03 ± 0.38^a	4.95 ± 0.46^b	5.41 ± 0.43^b	<0.01
BMC, g	46.5 ± 2.50	47.1 ± 4.14	52.4 ± 4.66	47.6 ± 2.76	0.66
BMC, g/cm²	0.155 ± 0.01	0.16 ± 0.01	0.16 ± 0.01	0.16 ± 0.01	0.70
Tissue Weights (g/kg body weight)
Liver	40.3 ± 0.73	59.5 ± 1.89^a	49.7 ± 1.84^a,b	47.7 ± 1.42^a,b	<0.01
Spleen	4.28 ± 0.60	5.79 ± 0.45	6.98 ± 0.70	7.28 ± 1.00^a	0.02
Small Intestine	48.7 ± 1.53	22.3 ± 1.40^a	24.6 ± 1.00^a	25.3 ± 0.98^a	<0.01
Lung	14.3 ± 0.34	17.2 ± 0.73^a	17.1 ± 0.72^a	16.8 ± 0.56^a	<0.01
Brain	11.1 ± 0.48	12.8 ± 0.62	11.8 ± 0.91	11.8 ± 0.49	0.34

Mean ± SEM, ANOVA with Tukey;

^a.

P < 0.05 vs. ENT;

^b.

P < 0.05 vs. IL