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 | |||||
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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