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Effect of age and BW on the percentage of different blood mononuclear immune cell subsets and on the plasma concentrations of IGF-1 in HBW and LBW piglets

Variable	Day	BW		SEM	P-value
		HBW	LBW		AGE	BW	AGE × BW
T lymphocytes (CD3⁺)
Helper (CD4⁺CD8α ⁻)	20	20.5^b	24.2^a	1.1	0.09	0.05	0.03
	42	20.6	21.1	1.0
Cytotoxic (CD4⁻CD8α ^high)	20	6.1	6.0	0.4	0.80	0.89	0.44
	42	6.0	5.9	0.4
γδ (γδ ⁺)	20	19.7	16.7	0.9	0.59	0.006	0.57
	42	19.0	16.6	0.9
B lymphocytes (CD3^–CD21⁺)	20	19.8^a	18.2^b	1.2	0.003	0.73	˂0.001
	42	20.6^b	22.7^a	0.7
NK cells (CD3⁻CD8α ^lowCD16⁺)	20	15.7	16.6	1.4	0.65	0.95	0.39
	42	16.1	15.3	1.6
IGF-1, ng/mL	20	77.4	61.3	2.8	˂0.001	˂0.001	0.99
	42	102.5	86.3	4.8

Variable	Day	BW		SEM	P-value
		HBW	LBW		AGE	BW	AGE × BW
T lymphocytes (CD3⁺)
Helper (CD4⁺CD8α ⁻)	20	20.5^b	24.2^a	1.1	0.09	0.05	0.03
	42	20.6	21.1	1.0
Cytotoxic (CD4⁻CD8α ^high)	20	6.1	6.0	0.4	0.80	0.89	0.44
	42	6.0	5.9	0.4
γδ (γδ ⁺)	20	19.7	16.7	0.9	0.59	0.006	0.57
	42	19.0	16.6	0.9
B lymphocytes (CD3^–CD21⁺)	20	19.8^a	18.2^b	1.2	0.003	0.73	˂0.001
	42	20.6^b	22.7^a	0.7
NK cells (CD3⁻CD8α ^lowCD16⁺)	20	15.7	16.6	1.4	0.65	0.95	0.39
	42	16.1	15.3	1.6
IGF-1, ng/mL	20	77.4	61.3	2.8	˂0.001	˂0.001	0.99
	42	102.5	86.3	4.8

^a,bAnalysis by day: within a row, means without a common superscript differ.

Table 7.

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Effect of age and BW on the percentage of different blood mononuclear immune cell subsets and on the plasma concentrations of IGF-1 in HBW and LBW piglets

Variable	Day	BW		SEM	P-value
		HBW	LBW		AGE	BW	AGE × BW
T lymphocytes (CD3⁺)
Helper (CD4⁺CD8α ⁻)	20	20.5^b	24.2^a	1.1	0.09	0.05	0.03
	42	20.6	21.1	1.0
Cytotoxic (CD4⁻CD8α ^high)	20	6.1	6.0	0.4	0.80	0.89	0.44
	42	6.0	5.9	0.4
γδ (γδ ⁺)	20	19.7	16.7	0.9	0.59	0.006	0.57
	42	19.0	16.6	0.9
B lymphocytes (CD3^–CD21⁺)	20	19.8^a	18.2^b	1.2	0.003	0.73	˂0.001
	42	20.6^b	22.7^a	0.7
NK cells (CD3⁻CD8α ^lowCD16⁺)	20	15.7	16.6	1.4	0.65	0.95	0.39
	42	16.1	15.3	1.6
IGF-1, ng/mL	20	77.4	61.3	2.8	˂0.001	˂0.001	0.99
	42	102.5	86.3	4.8

Variable	Day	BW		SEM	P-value
		HBW	LBW		AGE	BW	AGE × BW
T lymphocytes (CD3⁺)
Helper (CD4⁺CD8α ⁻)	20	20.5^b	24.2^a	1.1	0.09	0.05	0.03
	42	20.6	21.1	1.0
Cytotoxic (CD4⁻CD8α ^high)	20	6.1	6.0	0.4	0.80	0.89	0.44
	42	6.0	5.9	0.4
γδ (γδ ⁺)	20	19.7	16.7	0.9	0.59	0.006	0.57
	42	19.0	16.6	0.9
B lymphocytes (CD3^–CD21⁺)	20	19.8^a	18.2^b	1.2	0.003	0.73	˂0.001
	42	20.6^b	22.7^a	0.7
NK cells (CD3⁻CD8α ^lowCD16⁺)	20	15.7	16.6	1.4	0.65	0.95	0.39
	42	16.1	15.3	1.6
IGF-1, ng/mL	20	77.4	61.3	2.8	˂0.001	˂0.001	0.99
	42	102.5	86.3	4.8

^a,bAnalysis by day: within a row, means without a common superscript differ.