Effects of ethanol and sex on propionate metabolism evaluated via a faster 13C-propionate breath test in rats

Table 3 Propionate breath test results in the ethanol-fed rat and control rat groups

	Male			Female
	CR (n = 8)	ER (n = 8)	P value	CR (n = 8)	ER (n = 8)	P value
Cmax	1422.8	1533.1	0.192	1366.1	1238.5	0.401
5 min	345.8	417.9	0.080	410.8	414.2	0.950
10 min	752.3	924.9	0.0008a	867.6	807.3	0.552
15 min	1186.1	1332.5	0.023a	1203.2	1025	0.160
20 min	1402.3	1509.1	0.186	1324.7	1151.7	0.223
25 min	1402.1	152.6	0.235	1334.5	1201.4	0.462
30 min	1379.9	1457	0.348	1296.8	1199.7	0.753
35 min	1313.9	46	0.629	1237.2	1157.1	0.753
40 min	1223.2	1257.3	0.565	1179.2	1093.8	0.529
45 min	1126.6	1142.3	0.756	1131.3	1020.6	0.208
50 min	1051.8	1037.5	0.724	1050.4	938.7	0.172
55 min	974.2	945.6	0.436	976.4	861.3	0.142
60 min	904.1	864.4	0.256	898.9	792.3	0.110

^aP < 0.05.

CR: Control rat; ER: Ethanol-fed rat.