. 2022 May 31;100(7):skac202. doi: 10.1093/jas/skac202

Table 2.

BW, BCS and food, energy, and choline intake of overweight cats (n = 14) receiving choline at control (no additional choline supplementation added to the cat food: 1.2 × NRC RA, 77 mg/kg BW^0.67), 2 × NRC RA (126 mg/kg BW^0.67), 4 × NRC RA (252 mg/kg BW^0.67), 6 × NRC RA (378 mg/kg BW^0.67), and 8 × NRC RA (504 mg/kg BW^0.67), in a 5 × 5 Latin square design for 3-wk periods¹

	Control	2 × NRC RA	4 × NRC RA	6 × NRC RA	8 × NRC RA	P _Dose	P _Week	P _Week*Dose
BW, kg	5.04 ± 0.02	5.04 ± 0.02	5.06 ± 0.02	5.07 ± 0.02	5.07 ± 0.02	0.479	0.533	0.122
BCS (1-9)	6.69 ± 0.10	6.73 ± 0.10	6.82 ± 0.10	6.77 ± 0.10	6.75 ± 0.10	0.644	0.817	0.370
Food intake, g/day	62.71 ± 1.65	62.69 ± 1.65	62.62 ± 1.65	62.85 ± 1.65	62.79 ± 1.65	0.494	0.012	0.637
ME intake, kcal/day	233.63 ± 6.13	233.55 ± 6.13	233.27 ± 6.13	234.15 ± 6.13	233.94 ± 6.13	0.494	0.012	0.637
Choline intake, mg/day	227.02 ± 21.54^e	371.46 ± 21.54^d	742.96 ± 21.54^c	1121.27 ± 21.54^b	1481.32 ± 21.54^a	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Choline intake, mg/kg BW^0.67	76.64 ± 2.03^b	125.99 ± 2.03^c	251.50 ± 2.03^d	377.89 ± 2.03^e	497.49 ± 2.03^a	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001

Values expressed as LSM ± SEM; Values in a row with superscripts without a common letter differ; P < 0.05, repeated measures ANOVA with Tukey post hoc test. BW, body weight; BCS, body condition score; ME, metabolizable energy; NRC, National Research Council; RA, Recommended Allowance.