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. 2022 Mar 17;17(3):e0264321. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264321

Table 5. Fasted serum satiety hormone concentrations of post-gonadectomy kittens supplemented with additional choline at 300 mg/kg BW0.75 (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
Leptin (ng/mL) -1 4.04 0.32 3.77 0.34 0.946 0.141 0.467
12 3.28 3.50
Ghrelin (ng/mL) -1 15.13 2.58 14.19 2.76 0.804 0.512 0.924
12 16.67 16.24
GLP-1 (ng/mL) -1 1.03 0.42 1.08 0.50 0.703 0.981 0.765
12 0.90 1.21
PYY (ng/mL) -1 2.48 0.51 1.71 0.61 0.983 0.810 0.179
12 1.56 2.36
GIP (ng/mL) -1 286.34 16.67 277.05 17.84 0.220 0.318 0.082
12 271.43 328.26

GLP-1, glucagon-like peptide-1; GIP, gastric inhibitory polypeptide; LSM, least square means; PYY, Peptide-YY; SEM, standard error of the mean