Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Table 2 Pearson correlations between concentrations of cow plasma biomarkers at −10 d relative to parturition and their offspring body weight. Cows were classified according to normal body condition score (BCS) (≤ 3.25, NormBCS; n = 30) or high BCS (≥ 3.75, HighBCS; n = 19)

From: Maternal body condition during late-pregnancy is associated with in utero development and neonatal growth of Holstein calves

Item^a	Cow BCS		P-value
Item^a	HighBCS	NormBCS	HighBCS	NormBCS
Energy metabolism
BHBA, mmol/L	0.30	−0.31	0.32	0.12
Creatinine, μmol/L	−0.03	< 0.001	0.91	0.99
Glucose, mmol/L	−0.02	−0.07	0.97	0.73
NEFA, mmol/L	0.01	−0.02	0.96	0.94
Urea, mmol/L	0.55	−0.27	0.05	0.18
Liver function
AST/GOT, U/L	−0.46	−0.01	0.12	0.95
Cholesterol, mmol/L	−0.01	−0.07	0.99	0.98
GGT, U/L	−0.57	−0.11	0.03	0.58
Total bilirubin, μmol/L	0.02	−0.21	0.94	0.31
Inflammation
Albumin, g/L	0.42	−0.32	0.15	0.11
Ceruloplasmin, μmol/L	−0.58	−0.03	0.03	0.88
Haptoglobin, g/L	−0.76	0.31	< 0.001	0.13
Myeloperoxidase, U/L	−0.41	0.09	0.16	0.64
Oxidative stress
Paraoxonase, U/mL	0.23	−0.05	0.46	0.80
FRAP, μmol/L	−0.27	0.28	0.37	0.17
NO_x, μmol/L	0.41	−0.05	0.16	0.81
Nitrites, μmol/L	0.01	0.26	0.96	0.20
Nitrates, μmol/L	0.41	−0.36	0.16	0.07
ROM, mg H₂O₂/100 mL	−0.73	0.11	< 0.005	0.61
Retinol, μg/100 mL	−0.05	0.05	0.88	0.82
Tocopherol, μg/mL	0.30	−0.14	0.32	0.49

^aAST aspartate aminotransferase, BHBA betahydroxybutyrate, GGT γ-glutamyl transpeptidase, FRAP ferric reducing ability of plasma, NEFA nonesterified fatty acids, NO_x nitric oxide, ROM reactive oxygen metabolites

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