Variables (mm) | Diet (D) | Sex (S) | P-value | ||||
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HS | HF | Female | Male | D | S | Dxs | |
Duodenum | |||||||
Villus height (Vh), mean (SD) | 0.393 (0.07) | 0.364 (0.07) | 0.383 (0.09) | 0.370 (0.03) | 0.324 | 0.702 | 0.711 |
Crypt depth (Cd), mean (SD) | 0.127 (0.02) | 0.051 (0.01) | 0.113 (0.19) | 0.051(0.006) | 0.352 | 0.351 | 0.340 |
Vh/Cd ratio, mean (SD) | 6.919 (1.30) | 6.796 (1.43) | 6.616 (1.39) | 7.181 (1.26) | 0.965 | 0.442 | 0.689 |
Villus width, mean (SD) | 0.184 (0.53) | 0.173 (0.02) | 0.187 (0.05) | 0.166 (0.02) | 0.420 | 0.323 | 0.984 |
Mucosa thickness, mean (SD) | 0.664 (0.11) | 0.645 (0.08) | 0.656 (0.11) | 0.650 (0.06) | 0.696 | 0.864 | 0.497 |
Villus absorptive area, mean (SD) | 0.224 (0.06) | 0.200 (0.06) | 0.224 (0.07) | 0.194 (0.03) | 0.202 | 0.255 | 0.732 |
Jejunum | |||||||
Vh, mean (SD) | 0.372 (0.03) | 0.417 (0.09) | 0.386 (0.09) | 0.410 (0.05) | 0.118 | 0.159 | 0.465 |
Cd, mean (SD) | 0.049 (0.10) | 0.050 (0.007) | 0.058 (0.01) | 0.088 (0.11) | 0.099 | 0.074 | 0.347 |
Vh/Cd ratio, mean (SD) | 6.669 (2.95) | 8.453 (2.10) | 7.350a (2.10) | 7.962b (3.35) | 0.079 | 0.037 | 0.986 |
Villus width, mean (SD) | 0.187 (0.02) | 0.195 (0.03) | 0.194 (0.03) | 0.188 (0.01) | 0.989 | 0.926 | 0.349 |
Mucosa thickness, mean (SD) | 0.689 (0.07) | 0.685 (0.11) | 0.677 (0.11) | 0.699 (0.07) | 0.759 | 0.275 | 0.279 |
Villus absorptive area, mean (SD) | 0.219 (0.03) | 0.261 (0.10) | 0.241 (0.10) | 0.241 (0.03) | 0.184 | 0.189 | 0.846 |
Ileum | |||||||
Vh, mean (SD) | 0.438 (0.04) | 0.430 (0.07) | 0.435 (0.06) | 0.432 (0.05) | 0.696 | 0.995 | 0.821 |
Cd, mean (SD) | 0.054 (0.01) | 0.050 (0.01) | 0.053 (0.01) | 0.051 (0.01) | 0.222 | 0.462 | 0.029 |
Vh/Cd ratio, mean (SD) | 8.100 (1.11) | 8.858 (2.27) | 8.437 (2.12) | 8.583 (1.41) | 0.560 | 0.627 | 0.254 |
Villus width, mean (SD) | 0.186 (0.03) | 0.202 (0.02) | 0.195 (0.02) | 0.194 (0.03) | 0.321 | 0.453 | 0.196 |
Mucosa thickness, mean (SD) | 0.751 (0.11) | 0.769 (0.16) | 0.773 (0.16) | 0.743 (0.10) | 0.814 | 0.834 | 0.175 |
Villus absorptive area, mean (SD) | 0.259 (0.06) | 0.275 (0.06) | 0.267 (0.05) | 0.268 (0.07) | 0.773 | 0.700 | 0.629 |