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Table 3 Effects of dietary energy level on the serum parameters of the fetuses

From: Maternal nutrition modulates fetal development by inducing placental efficiency changes in gilts

Items

Con

p-value

HE

p-value

Cervical

Tubal

Cervical

Tubal

IGF-1 (ng/ml)

14.90 ± 0.55

18.34 ± 0.92

0.018

20.74 ± 1.04

23.69 ± 1.50

0.154

Glucose (ng/ml)

3.89 ± 0.41

5.36 ± 0.18

0.030

4.35 ± 0.75

5.15 ± 0.65

0.464

  1. The serum samples of fetuses were collected on day 90 of gestation. Con: control group (12.56 MJ of DE/kg); HE: high energy group (14.23 MJ of DE/kg). Cervical: the fetuses at the position toward the cervix; Tubal: the fetuses at the position toward the utero-tubal junction. n = 8 for each group