From: Profile of serum lipid metabolites of one-week-old goat kids depending on the type of rearing
Class of lipids [μmol/L] | Kids weaned immediately after birth (n = 22) | Kids left with mothers (n = 30) | Mixed-effect ANCOVA | |||
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Median (IQR) | Range | Median (IQR) | Range | Type of rearing effect (p-value with Holm-Bonferroni correction) | Mother effect (p-value) | |
Free fatty acidsa | 419 (342–528) | 271–714 | 566 (390–702) | 272–1402 | 0.762 | 0.627 |
Acylcarnitines | 16.4 (14.8–20.1) | 10.3–26.7 | 24.3 (17.0–45.3) | 12.2–92.2 | 0.222 | 0.020 |
Cholesterol estersb | 1160 (1049–1492) | 409–2703 | 1516 (1303–1910) | 877–2256 | 0.396 | 0.062 |
Lysophosphatidylcholines (choline lyso-lecithins) | 333 (246–385) | 170–427 | 434 (290–515) | 162–837 | 0.928 | 0.616 |
Diacyl-phosphatidylcholines (choline lecithins) | 846 (708–1025) | 551–1248 | 1003 (851–1112) | 612–1351 | 0.064 | 0.053 |
Acyl-alkyl-phosphatidylcholines (choline plasmalogens) | 122 (102–141) | 71–177 | 154 (126–170) | 82–236 | 0.001 | 0.001 |
Sphingomyelins | 77 (68–83) | 52–109 | 87 (80–99) | 53–128 | 0.580 | 0.338 |
Ceramides | 2.5 (1.8–2.9) | 1.4–5.3 | 3.9 (2.9–5.1) | 1.9–8.4 | 0.002 | 0.136 |
Glycosphingolipids | 3.9 (3.3–4.4) | 2.7–5.2 | 4.2 (3.8–4.8) | 2.8–6.3 | 0.238 | 0.051 |
Simple lipidsc | 429 (303–612) | 170–1518 | 662 (413–1081) | 226–2214 | 0.566 | 0.261 |