Table 4. Fasted serum concentrations of glucose, cholesterol, NEFA, TAG, LDL, VLDL, HDL-C, ALT, and ALP of post-gonadectomy kittens supplemented with additional choline at 300 mg/kg BW^0.75 (CHOLINE, n = 8) compared to a group fed only the base diet (CONTROL, n = 7) over 12 weeks.

	Week	CHOLINE (n = 8)		CONTROL (n = 7)		P-Values
		LSM	SEM	LSM	SEM	PGroup	PTime	PGroup*Time
Glucose (mmol/L)	-1	15.68	0.69	15.85	0.73	0.491	0.140	0.639
	12	14.22		15.08
Cholesterol (mmol/L)	-1	4.36	0.18	4.42	0.19	0.607	0.716	0.395
	12	4.45		4.20
NEFA (mmol/L)	-1	0.31	0.03	0.29	0.03	0.174	0.715	0.091
	12	0.26		0.37
TAG (mmol/L)	-1	0.39	0.04	0.40	0.04	0.156	0.134	0.480
	12	0.43		0.50
LDL (mmol/L)	-1	1.03	0.08	1.10	0.08	0.181	<0.0001	0.151
	12	0.60		0.37
VLDL (mmol/L)	-1	0.18	0.02	0.18	0.02	0.153	0.133	0.476
	12	0.19		0.23
HDL-C (mmol/L)	-1	3.13	0.17	3.13	0.18	0.209	0.002	0.212
	12	4.06		3.59
ALT (U/L)	-1	37.0	4.09	35.0	4.37	0.373	0.011	0.167
	12	43.63		53.43
ALP (U/L)	-1	95.0	8.55	100.14	9.14	0.580	<0.0001	0.726
	12	53.50		61.71

ALT, Alanine Aminotransferase; ALP, alkaline phosphatase; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; LSM, least square means; NEFA, non-esterified fatty acid; SEM, standard error of the mean; TAG, triacylglyceride; VLDL, very low-density lipoprotein