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Table 2 Thirty one lipid metabolites whose concentration in serum [μmol/L] was significantly lower in one-week goat kids weaned immediately after birth

From: Profile of serum lipid metabolites of one-week-old goat kids depending on the type of rearing

Metabolites

Kids weaned immediately after birth (n = 22)

Kids left with mothers (n = 30)

FCmediana (> 1.5)

Mixed-effect ANCOVA

Median (IQR)

Range

Median (IQR)

Range

Type of rearing effect (p-value with Holm-Bonferroni correction)

Mother effect

(p-value)

Cholesterol esters

 CE(14:0)

15.2 (12.0–17.7)

7.41–29.7

24.8 (21.4–43.2)

15.8–68.0

1.64

0.015

0.035

 CE(17:0)

8.08 (4.56–11.5)

1.75–32.6

28.3 (16.0–40.7)

6.17–58.1

3.50

0.015

0.003

Lysophosphatidylcholines (choline lyso-lecithins)

 lysoPC a C17:0

3.13 (2.06–4.34)

1.26–5.39

10.11 (7.41–12.3)

1.85–19.6

3.23

0.027

0.090

Diacyl-phosphatidylcholines (choline lecithins)

 PC aa C34:4

0.58 (0.45–0.72)

0.34–1.17

0.92 (0.75–1.23)

0.43–1.82

1.58

0.002

0.017

 PC aa C36:1

55.7 (43.5–76.5)

33.6–105

109 (88.2–127)

33.3–194

1.95

0.001

0.007

Acyl-alkyl-phosphatidylcholines (choline plasmalogens)

 PC ae C34:0

1.02 (0.86–1.57)

0.63–1.89

5.18 (3.06–6.42)

0.77–8.65

5.07

< 0.001

0.003

 PC ae C34:1

7.52 (6.62–8.27)

4.90–10.3

13.0 (9.60–14.3)

6.21–17.7

1.73

< 0.001

0.066

 PC ae C36:0

0.80 (0.63–1.06)

0.48–1.55

2.18 (1.45–2.86)

0.66–3.88

2.73

< 0.001

0.009

 PC ae C36:2

10.1 (7.60–13.0)

5.22–14.0

17.9 (13.6–21.5)

7.16–32.8

1.77

< 0.001

0.002

 PC ae C38:4

3.54 (2.42–4.38)

1.78–5.29

6.80 (4.61–8.35)

2.28–12.6

1.92

0.030

< 0.001

Sphingomyelins

 SM (OH) C14:1

1.88 (1.57–2.09)

1.28–2.67

2.88 (2.36–3.64)

1.76–4.97

1.53

0.015

0.207

 SM (OH) C16:1

1.25 (1.16–1.65)

0.81–2.28

3.03 (2.14–3.78)

1.20–5.53

2.43

0.015

0.002

Ceramides

 Cer(d18:1/16:0)

0.21 (0.16–0.23)

0.14–0.30

0.33 (0.24–0.40)

0.18–0.56

1.56

0.001

0.111

 Cer(d18:1/18:0)

0.10 (0.08–0.15)

0.06–0.22

0.31 (0.19–0.40)

0.09–0.80

3.11

< 0.001

0.069

 Cer(d18:1/22:0)

0.37 (0.26–0.48)

0.19–0.91

0.65 (0.40–0.90)

0.27–1.33

1.75

0.009

0.091

 Cer(d18:1/23:0)

0.57 (0.37–0.68)

0.26–1.33

0.97 (0.61–1.30)

0.37–2.14

1.70

0.004

0.078

 Cer(d18:1/25:0)

0.19 (0.15–0.23)

0.11–0.38

0.34 (0.27–0.44)

0.16–0.95

1.78

0.009

0.172

Simple lipids

 TG(14:0_36:1)

1.84 (1.33–2.35)

0.60–5.19

5.39 (3.66–8.53)

1.14–19.7

2.93

0.012

0.207

 TG(16:0_28:1)

1.77 (1.28–2.20)

0.53–3.95

9.54 (5.64–19.8)

1.81–35.8

5.39

< 0.001

0.316

 TG(16:0_28:2)

0.44 (0.37–0.53)

0.11–1.27

1.29 (0.81–2.79)

0.44–5.48

2.93

0.001

0.333

 TG(16:0_33:1)

1.12 (0.65–2.05)

0.36–6.82

5.65 (3.33–8.35)

0.89–26.5

5.04

0.015

0.040

 TG(16:0_35:1)

0.97 (0.54–1.35)

0.27–5.68

6.06 (3.76–8.40)

0.61–19.5

6.25

0.005

0.052

 TG(17:0_34:1)

0.76 (0.53–1.22)

0.23–4.34

5.72 (3.66–7.85)

0.77–18.2

7.53

0.001

0.021

 TG(17:0_34:2)

0.52 (0.41–0.81)

0.30–1.60

1.39 (0.89–1.95)

0.36–4.65

2.67

0.018

0.068

 TG(18:0_32:1)

1.52 (0.93–2.19)

0.55–7.00

6.60 (3.82–11.6)

1.03–25.6

4.34

0.015

0.132

 TG(18:1_26:0)

4.63 (3.39–6.36)

0.63–11.0

18.5 (9.57–31.7)

2.66–60.5

3.99

0.001

0.425

 TG(18:1_28:1)

1.47 (1.01–1.99)

0.75–6.27

7.16 (4.65–13.4)

0.93–29.8

4.87

0.002

0.089

 TG(18:1_31:0)

1.22 (0.73–2.28)

0.55–5.17

6.22 (4.11–8.74)

0.90–25.9

5.10

0.015

0.037

 TG(18:1_33:0)

0.85 (0.51–1.43)

0.28–4.85

6.64 (4.33–9.27)

0.55–22.7

7.81

0.001

0.068

 TG(18:1_33:1)

1.27 (0.61–1.69)

0.35–6.83

6.49 (3.51–8.31)

0.81–26.5

5.11

0.009

0.120

 TG(18:2_35:1)

0.51 (0.32–1.06)

0.17–1.47

1.29 (0.73–1.64)

0.30–3.88

2.54

0.046

0.037

  1. a the fold change based on medians