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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of piglets in a commercial piglet-producing herd in Norway

From: Blood-glucose levels in newborn piglets and the associations between blood-glucose levels, intrauterine growth restriction and pre-weaning mortality

Variable

n

Median

Min

Max

Mean

SD

Litter size

31

16.0

7.0

23.0

16.1

3.7

Weight (kg)

426

1.6

0.6

2.8

1.6

0.4

Length (cm)

426

25.0

17.5

30.0

24.8

2.0

BMI

426

25.4

13.1

51.9

25.5

3.8

Blood-glucose levels (mmol/l) in one-day-old piglets

426

5.5

1.2

10.6

5.5

1.4

Weight 3 weeks (kg)

391

6.3

1.5

10.6

6.5

1.7

Weight weaning (kg)

391

10.8

2.8

17.0

10.8

2.7