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Table 5.

Effects of maternal dietary energy restriction on diameter and density of breast muscle fiber in the offspring

Items	Embryo age (d)	100% energy group	80% energy group	70% energy group	50% energy group	p-value
Diameter (μm)	1	8.87±0.15^a	7.94±0.09^b	7.49±0.25^bc	6.60±0.59^c	0.0351
	28	26.87±1.54^b	26.14±0.49^b	29.61±0.78^a	31.34±0.86^a	0.0237
	49	43.10±2.67^ab	44.03±0.77^a	40.39±1.38^ab	39.24±1.37^b	0.0339
Density (N/mm²)	1	946±194.98^b	9,033±295.92^b	11,637±302.20^a	12,049±278.46^a	0.0211
	28	988±12.42^b	1,009±14.29^b	774±24.91^a	809±17.78^a	0.0424
	49	384±4.83^bc	362±6.85^c	466±6.96^a	398±9.61^b	0.0327

^a–c

Values with different letter superscripts in the same row mean significant difference (p<0.05), while with the same or no letter superscripts mean no significant difference (p>0.05).