Increased maternal consumption of methionine as its hydroxyl analog promoted neonatal intestinal growth without compromising maternal energy homeostasis

Table 4 OPLS-DA coefficients derived from the NMR data of metabolites in plasma obtained from different treatments

^aCorrelation coefficients (r), positive and negative signs indicate positive and negative correlation in the concentrations, respectively. The correlation coefficient of│r│ > 0.755 was used as the cutoff value for the statistical significance based on the discrimination significance at the level of P = 0.05 and df (degree of freedom) = 5. “-” means the correlation coefficient│r│ is less than 0.755. The plasma sample at postpartum d0 of sows fed the control diet (CON-d0), the plasma sample at postpartum d7 of sows fed the DL-methionine diet (CON-d7), the plasma sample at postpartum d0 of sows fed the DL-methionine diet (DLM-d0), the plasma sample at postpartum d7 of sows fed the DL-methionine diet (DLM-d7), the plasma sample at postpartum d0 of sows fed the DL-2-hydroxy-4-methylthiobutanoic acid diet (HMTBA-d0), the plasma sample at postpartum d7 of sows fed DL-2-hydroxy-4-methylthiobutanoic acid diet (HMTBA-d7), low density lipoprotein (LDL), very low density lipoprotein (VLDL)

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