Associations among serum pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines, metabolic mediators, body condition, and uterine disease in postpartum dairy cows

Table 2 ‘P’ values* from repeated measures of ANOVA for the effects of uterine inflammatory conditions‡ and body condition score categories [low (2 and 2.5) and high (3, 3.5 and 4)] and weeks postpartum on adipokines in postpartum dairy cows

Adipokine	Effect	DF	F Value	P > F
Adiponectin	Uterine inflammatory conditions	3	32.45	<0.0001
	Body condition score categories	1	6.09	0.001
	Weeks in postpartum	8	16.52	0.01
Leptin	Uterine inflammatory conditions	3	28.44	0.001
	Body condition score categories	1	6.80	0.01
	Weeks in postpartum	8	17.95	0.03
TNF-α	Uterine inflammatory conditions	3	24.91	0.0005
	Body condition score categories	1	7.87	0.009
	Weeks in postpartum	8	16.20	0.04
IL-1β	Uterine inflammatory conditions	3	26.59	<0.0001
	Body condition score categories	1	6.53	0.001
	Weeks in postpartum	8	17.1	0.02
IL-6	Uterine inflammatory conditions	3	29.52	<0.0001
	Body condition score categories	1	7.99	0.01
	Weeks in postpartum	8	13.52	0.01
Insulin	Uterine inflammatory conditions	3	25.12	<0.001
	Body condition score categories	1	8.11	0.03
	Weeks in postpartum	8	15.25	0.02
IGF-1	Uterine inflammatory conditions	3	23.83	<0.001
	Body condition score categories	1	7.93	0.01
	Weeks in postpartum	8	14.25	0.01

*Accounted for by uterine inflammatory conditions by body condition score categories, uterine inflammatory conditions by weeks in postpartum and body condition score categories by weeks in postpartum interactions (P < 0.001); ‡Refer Table 1 for definition for uterine inflammatory conditions.

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