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. 2020 Mar 24;10(3):543. doi: 10.3390/ani10030543

Table 6.

Effects of dietary starch structure on serum insulin in weaned piglets (mean values with their standard errors) 1.

Item Treatments p-Value
AR 2.902 AR 1.46 AR 0.68 AR 0.31 AR 0.14 ANOVA Linear Quadratic
INS F 3 (mIU/L) 57.20 ± 4.96 a 61.72 ± 3.98 a 65.00 ± 1.95 a 54.41 ± 3.07 a 37.69 ± 3.61 b <0.001 0.003 <0.001
INS 1h 4 (mIU/L) 77.73 ± 4.01 b 84.15 ± 1.43 ab 89.82 ± 2.29 a 66.25 ± 2.97 c 69.27 ± 1.23 c <0.001 0.009 0.001
INS 2h (mIU/L) 91.40 ± 6.19 b 91.57 ± 2.12 b 90.96 ± 2.32 b 112.26 ± 1.88 a 108.45 ± 3.53 a <0.001 <0.001 0.001
INS 3h (mIU/L) 54.62 ± 2.42 b 64.72 ± 5.93 b 66.49 ± 1.73 b 100.59 ± 6.08 a 104.73 ± 4.06 a <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
INS 4h (mIU/L) 90.98 ± 3.12 ab 83.26 ± 4.09 b 85.29 ± 2.91 b 80.31 ± 3.27 b 100.33 ± 6.64 a 0.020 0.385 0.015
INS 5h (mIU/L) 53.55 ± 3.83 b 47.21 ± 0.46 b 47.70 ± 5.59 b 59.01 ± 3.03 ab 69.83 ± 8.27 a 0.026 0.092 0.022

1 a,b Mean values within a row with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (p < 0.05); 2 AR = amylose/amylopectin ratio; 3 INS F = serum fasting insulin concentration; 4 INS 1h-INS 5h: once per hour collected postprandial blood samples (n = 6).