Table 5.
Effects of dietary starch structure on serum glucose in weaned piglets (mean values with their standard errors) 1.
| Item | Treatments | p-Value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR 2.90 2 | AR 1.46 | AR 0.68 | AR 0.31 | AR 0.14 | ANOVA | Linear | Quadratic | |
| GLU F 3 (mmol/L) | 5.95 ± 0.52 | 6.11 ± 0.35 | 6.33 ± 0.33 | 5.70 ± 0.49 | 5.76 ± 0.64 | 0.882 | 0.589 | 0.727 |
| GLU 1h 4 (mmol/L) | 8.66 ± 0.57 | 8.42 ± 1.07 | 8.57 ± 0.73 | 8.32 ± 0.67 | 8.70 ± 1.20 | 0.998 | 0.332 | 0.629 |
| GLU 2h (mmol/L) | 6.84 ± 0.45 | 7.48 ± 0.52 | 7.45 ± 0.65 | 7.63 ± 0.30 | 7.82 ± 0.72 | 0.769 | 0.208 | 0.432 |
| GLU 3h (mmol/L) | 6.89 ± 0.35 b | 6.59 ± 0.26 b | 8.76 ± 0.51 a | 8.88 ± 0.45 a | 8.34 ± 0.37 a | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.004 |
| GLU 4h (mmol/L) | 6.05 ± 0.21 | 5.92 ± 0.16 | 6.90 ± 0.37 | 6.55 ± 0.36 | 7.02 ± 0.54 | 0.103 | 0.022 | 0.077 |
| GLU 5h (mmol/L) | 5.60 ± 0.11 b | 6.06 ± 0.18 b | 6.97 ± 0.43 a | 5.70 ± 0.25 b | 5.59 ± 0.31 b | 0.008 | 0.723 | 0.024 |
1 a,b Mean values within a row with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (p < 0.05); 2 AR = amylose/amylopectin ratio; 3 GLU F = serum fasting glucose concentration; 4 GLU 1h-GLU 5h: once per hour collected postprandial blood samples (n = 6).