Table 7 Cecal enzymes activities described by diet groups

8.0 (1.4)

5.2 (1.1)

3.9 (1.2)

4.7 (0.6)

5.5 (0.8)

6.0 (1.1)

5.6 (1.3)

5.5 (1.5)

< 0.001

65 (56.9–70.8)

75.2 (62.5–91.4)

87.4 (73.2–91.1)

85.5 (84.6–86.2)

87.8 (77.8–93.4)

91.5 (87.4–93.7)

83.9 (75.6–85.6)

85.7 (82.5–87.1)

0.010

24.5 (23.6–32.7)

20.7 (16.9–25.3)

18.3 (10.2–21.5)

20.1 (15.9–23.9)

18.6 (17.5–19.4)

23.5 (22.2–24.6)

16.3 (10.1–18.5)

18.0 (17.2–19.6)

0.021

15.6 (13.4–21.8)

30.6 (17.4–35.2)

26.8 (21.4–37.4)

21.9 (18.9–31.8)

29.9 (24.9–32.9)

25.2 (16.4–27.8)

34.1 (30.6–36.1)

31.6 (28.7–41.7)

0.067

28.8 (22.9–40.9)

19.4 (16.8–24.3)

16.7 (8.9–19)

18.4 (16.4–20.5)

19.6 (14.8–22.7)

21.1 (16.1–28.6)

20.0 (19.8–20.3)

21.6 (16.7–23.1)

0.101

35.7 (13.9)

36.5 (12.8)

53.4 (5.7)

38.9 (8.3)

41.1 (7.5)

40.3 (13.6)

50.2 (9.4)

33.9 (5.6)

0.016

15.2 (4.9)

15.4 (3.7)

14.2 (2.1)

12.7 (3.6)

11.6 (1.3)

12.0 (4.7)

12.2 (2.2)

13.5 (3.6)

0.416

35.6 (10.2)

45 (9.2)

53.2 (22.4)

41.5 (8.9)

44.3 (12.1)

42.9 (4.1)

65.8 (7.5)

50.4 (6.9)

0.002

5.8 (2.7)

4.8 (1.3)

3.5 (1.3)

4.3 (2.3)

5.3 (1.9)

7.5 (2.3)

4.8 (0.9)

5.6 (1.1)

0.026

38.3 (16.7)

33.7 (18.2)

43.4 (14.9)

34.6 (8.2)

22.8 (10.8)

16.6 (9.8)

46.2 (13.1)

37.4 (5.9)

0.004

6.0 (4.9–8.7)

5.4 (4.4–5.7)

4.1 (4–5.3)

4.9 (4.6–5.6)

3.9 (2.9–6)

4.8 (3.5–6)

4.4 (3.8–4.8)

4.4 (4.0–5.2)

0.336

69.9 (43.9–72.3)

69.7 (64.1–79.8)

79.4 (76.1–88.2)

76.9 (76.2–81.6)

81 (77.1–82.4))

75.7 (65.9–89.4)

81.8 (76.9–88.1)

88.2 (77.2–91.6)

0.071