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Table 1 Summary of phenotypic trait and blood gas values by day, along with published references for comparison

From: Transcriptomic and metabolomic characterization of post-hatch metabolic reprogramming during hepatic development in the chicken

 

Median

Mean + _ Standard Deviation

p value

Variable trend with age

Adult Breeder Values [19]

D4

D20

D4

D20

Range

Mean

Body Mass (g)

112.25

987.50

110.75 ± 5.54

912.64 ± 134.37

< 0.0001

+

NA

NA

Liver Mass (g)

3.77

23.35

4.29 ± 1.43

25.01 ± 4.28

< 0.0001

+

NA

NA

Normalized Liver Mass (%)

0.034

0.027

0.039 ± 0.012

0.028 ± 0.004

0.0214

–

NA

NA

pH

6.88

7.08

6.83 ± 0.13

7.05 ± 0.06

0.0034

+

7.28–7.57

7.42

PCO2 (mm Hg)

87.70

84.40

87.47 ± 23.51

91.03 ± 16.91

0.7513

NA

25.9–49.5

37.7

PO2 (mm Hg)a

82.00

61.00

88.29 ± 23.45

55.71 ± 9.16

0.0021

–

32.0–60.5

46.2

HCO3 (mmol/L)

17.90

24.80

15.39 ± 5.49

24.77 ± 1.05

0.0037

+

18.9–30.3

24.6

Base Excess (BE)a

−14.50

−6.00

−16.17 ± 3.82

− 5.86 ± 0.9

0.0031

+

−6.8 - 7.2

0.2

sO2 (%)

78.00

70.00

81.14 ± 7.73

70.29 ± 9.67

0.0398

–

70.6–93.3

82

Glu (mg/dL)

206.00

230.00

208.57 ± 18.79

238.86 ± 19.04

0.0112

+

207.2–260.7

234

TCO2

20.00

28.00

17.71 ± 6.02

27.57 ± 1.51

0.0044

+

19.9–31.5

25.7

Na (mmol/L)a

130.00

140.00

130.14 ± 2.54

139.14 ± 2.41

0.0025

+

141.6–152.6

147.1

  1. a Denotes Wilcoxon test was used instead of t-test