Table 7.

Pearson correlation coefficients among lysine concentrations, BWG, FC, FCR, and fold change of genes regulated by lysine in various tissues.

	BWG	FC	FCR	LGhr	LLept	LAdip	HGhr	HLept	HAdip	IGhr	ILept	IAdip	PGhr	PLept	PAdip
Lysine1	0.615**	0.859**	−0.791**	0.513*	-0.018	−0.463*	−0.790**	−0.182	−0.900**	0.181	−0.673**	0.001	−0.540*	−0.699**	−0.243
BWG		0.755**	−0.603**	0.115	0.236	−0.445*	−0.592*	−0.806**	−0.549*	0.737**	−0.185	−0.315	−0.331	−0.670**	−0.698**
FC			−0.048	0.754**	0.108	0.116	−0.330	−0.124	−0.461*	0.230	0.139	−0.675**	0.368	−0.321	−0.788**
FCR				−0.488*	−0.281	−0.068	−0.369	−0.220	−0.541*	0.112	0.585*	0.388	0.325	−0.020	0.414*
LGhr					0.488*	−0.526*	0.528*	−0.976**	−0.828**	0.319	−0.570*	0.690**	0.404*	−0.066	−0.895**
LLept						0.626**	−0.596*	0.001	0.133	−0.306	0.154	−0.099	−0.817**	−0.407*	0.679**
LAdip							−0.956**	0.145	0.613**	−0.682**	0.698**	0.103	−0.116	−0.491*	0.359
HGhr								0.469*	−0.311	0.107	−0.647**	0.578*	0.340	−0.201	−0.068
HLept									0.635**	0.089	0.302	0.421*	−0.564*	0.283	0.713**
HAdip										−0.157	0.397	0.395	−0.073	0.246	0.672**
IGhr											0.855**	0.112	0.678**	0.341	−0.196
ILept												0.105	−0.148	−0.051	−0.136
IAdip													−0.184	0.336	0.847**
PGhr														−0.720**	−0.423*
PLept															0.855**

* denotes significance: P < 0.05; ** denotes significance: P < 0.01.

Abbreviations: BWG, BW gain; FC, feed consumption; FCR, feed conversion ratio; HAdip, hypothalamus adiponectin; HGhr, hypothalamus ghrelin; HLept, hypothalamus leptin; IAdip, intestine adiponectin; IGhr, intestine ghrelin; ILept, intestine leptin; LAdip, liver adiponectin; LGhr, liver ghrelin; LLept, liver leptin; PAdip, pancreas adiponectin; PGhr, pancreas ghrelin; PLept, pancreas leptin.

¹Lysine concentration.