TABLE 4.

Effects of different particle sizes of wheat bran on maternal serum adipocytokines during gestation.

Item	CWB	FWB	p-value
Fasting serum on day 90 of pregnancy
LEP, ng/ml	3.84 ± 0.49	3.65 ± 0.45	0.78
ADPN, μg/ml	3.90 ± 0.37	3.46 ± 0.50	0.50
Resistin, ng/ml	11.95 ± 1.01	8.82 ± 0.91	0.05
Fasting serum on day 107 of pregnancy
LEP, ng/ml	4.19 ± 0.74	3.03 ± 0.37	0.21
ADPN, μg/ml	4.04 ± 0.62	3.52 ± 0.52	0.56
Resistin, ng/ml	10.66 ± 1.42	7.28 ± 0.38	0.06
Serum after feeding on day 90 of pregnancy
LEP, ng/ml	4.50 ± 0.55	1.88 ± 0.21	<0.01
ADPN, μg/ml	3.26 ± 0.31	3.86 ± 0.44	0.30
Resistin, ng/ml	10.97 ± 0.93	8.10 ± 0.78	0.04
Serum after feeding on day 107 of pregnancy
LEP, ng/ml	3.82 ± 0.73	2.53 ± 0.42	0.17
ADPN, μg/ml	4.10 ± 0.60	3.52 ± 0.61	0.52
Resistin, ng/ml	10.71 ± 1.37	6.93 ± 0.25	0.08

CWB, a diet containing coarse wheat bran, with particle size of 605 μm; FWB, a diet containing fine wheat bran, with particle size of 438 μm; LEP, leptin; ADPN, adiponectin. Data are shown as mean ± SEM (n = 8).