Research Article

Metabolomics Reveals Relationship between Plasma Inositols and Birth Weight: Possible Markers for Fetal Programming of Type 2 Diabetes

Table 1

Anatomical characteristics of low birth weight (LW) and high birth weight (HW) piglets. LSMean values and standard errors of the LSMeans (SEM) are given.

TraitsLWHWSEMP

No. of piglets1212
No. of female piglets66
No. of male piglets66
Body weight, g6871,1790.05
CRL, cm 21.726.30.058
CRL/100 g body weight33.022.11.9
Pancreas, g/100 g body1.031.040.06NS
weight
Liver, g/100 g body weight29.132.21.3

*Crown-rump-length.