Table 1

LDL-lipid composition of hamsters fed with various diets.
LDL-Lipids
 Diet
 Chol
 Low Fat 5%
 High Fat 20%
 Statistical significance
(3 way ANOVA)










Factor
 P value
Total Cholesterol (mmol/l)
 FO
 -
 4.84 ± 0.61
 4.57 ± 0.36
 DT
 0.0001


+
 8.84 ± 2.06
 5.10 ± 1.00
 DT × DL
 0.0020

MIX
 -
 1.54 ± 0.32
 1.41 ± 0.25
 DT × CHOL
 0.0007


+
 1.27 ± 0.25
 1.63 ± 0.48
 DL × CHOL
 0.0200
Free Cholesterol (mmol/l)
 FO
 -
 0.45 ± 0.05
 1.53 ± 0.46
 DL
 0.0001


+
 0.69 ± 0.17
 1.99 ± 0.45


MIX
 -
 0.28 ± 0.10
 0.70 ± 0.13



+
 0.38 ± 0.14
 0.58 ± 0.15

Cholesterol Ester (mmol/l)
 FO
 -
 4.08 ± 0.43
 2.62 ± 0.84
 DT
 0.0001


+
 8.05 ± 1.96
 3.07 ± 1.00
 CHOL
 0.0001

MIX
 -
 0.87 ± 0.30
 0.88 ± 0.29
 DT × DL
 0.0300


+
 0.80 ± 0.17
 0.79 ± 0.17
 DL × CHOL
 0.0004
Triacylglycerol (mmol/l)
 FO
 -
 0.65 ± 0.08
 1.62 ± 0.27
 DT
 0.0001


+
 1.01 ± 0.34
 1.53 ± 0.22
 DT × DL
 0.0001

MIX
 -
 0.24 ± 0.03
 0.22 ± 0.04
 DL × CHOL
 0.0200


+
 0.29 ± 0.07
 0.17 ± 0.01

Phospholipids (mmol/l)
 FO
 -
 0.69 ± 0.10
 0.66 ± 0.11
 DT
 0.0001


+
 0.98 ± 0.18
 0.73 ± 0.10
 CHOL
 0.03

MIX
 -
 0.37 ± 0.07
 0.36 ± 0.06
 DT × DL
 0.03


+
 0.33 ± 0.05
 0.36 ± 0.04
 DT × CHOL
 0.009

FO, fish oil; MIX, MIX diet; Chol, cholesterol; DT, diet type; DL, diet level; CHOL, Cholesterol For details of diets and procedures, see "Materials and methods" section. Animals were fed the indicated diets for 2 weeks. All values represent means ± SD.

de Silva et al. Nutrition & Metabolism 2005 2:8   doi:10.1186/1743-7075-2-8

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