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Table 4 Blood parameters of lean (n = 6) and obese (n = 4) dogs fed low protein diet (LP) and high protein diet (HP) in a crossover design

From: The response of canine faecal microbiota to increased dietary protein is influenced by body condition

Item	LP				HP				P
	Lean		Obese		Lean		Obese		Diet	BC	D × BC
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Diet	BC	D × BC
Cobalamin (pmol/L)	416	78	357	112	400	57	406	70	0.635	0.139	0.262
Folate (nmol/L)	26.2	6.3	29.7	5.1	28.2	6.7	20.0	6.7	0.588	0.817	0.061
Indoxyl sulphate (mg/dL)	154	106	118	74	362	351	223	128	0.027	0.841	0.454
SCAC (μmol/L)
C0	19.2	6.9	19.3	10.8	21.5	8.7	21.6	12.8	0.242	0.998	0.996
C2	3.04	0.94	3.64	1.62	4.18	2.40	4.33	2.95	0.198	0.742	0.742
C3	0.138	0.047	0.165	0.070	0.147	0.038	0.203	0.103	0.690	0.918	0.382
C4	0.080	0.030	0.085	0.052	0.100	0.016	0.085	0.029	0.114	0.531	0.305
C5	0.075	0.023	0.143	0.118	0.100	0.036	0.150	0.114	0.060	0.908	0.381
3OH-C4	0.023	0.005	0.028	0.017	0.035	0.026	0.038	0.029	0.191	0.948	0.903
3OH-C5	0.030	0.006	0.040	0.022	0.047	0.008	0.055	0.021	0.012	0.356	0.859
C3DC	0.023	0.008	0.025	0.013	0.020	0.009	0.023	0.005	0.429	0.761	0.900

BC: body condition; D × BC: interaction between diet and body condition; SCAC: short-chain acylcarnitines; C0: free carnitine; C2: acetylcarnitine; C3: propionylcarnitine; C4: butyryl- and isobutyrylcarnitine; C5: isovalerylcarnitine, 3OH-C4: 3-OH butyrylcarnitine; 3OH-C5: 3-OH isovalerylcarnitine; C3DC: malonylcarnitine

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