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

Table 4 Effects of ethanol and sex on serum vitamin B₁₂ (pg/mL)

	Male (n = 16)	Female (n = 16)	P value1	Total (n = 32)
All (n = 32)	884.0 (124.8)	728.5 (123.3)	0.0013a	-
ER (n = 16)	878.0 (152.5)	696.3 (152.5)	0.0323a	787.1 (175.1)
CR (n = 16)	890.0 (100.2)	760.8 (81.7)	0.0134a	825.4 (110.7)
P value2	0.8551	0.3117	-	0.4658

¹Comparison of males vs females.

²Comparison of Ethanol-fed rat vs Control rat.

^aP < 0.05.

Data are presented as mean (SD). CR: Control rat; ER: Ethanol-fed rat.