Table 2

HDL-lipid composition of hamsters fed with various diets.

HDL-Lipids
Diet
Chol
Low Fat 5%
High Fat 20%
Statistical significance (3 way ANOVA)











Factor
P value

Total Cholesterol (mmol/l)
FO
-
2.90 ± 0.29
2.19 ± 0.48
DT
0.0001


+
3.96 ± 0.87
2.24 ± 0.56
CHOL
0.0020

MIX
-
4.74 ± 0.07
5.86 ± 0.37
DT × DL
0.0001


+
6.00 ± 1.23
6.78 ± 0.45


Free Cholesterol (mmol/l)
FO
-
0.18 ± 0.08
0.31 ± 0.07
DT
0.0001


+
0.31 ± 0.08
0.25 ± 0.16



MIX
-
0.60 ± 0.17
0.57 ± 0.03




+
0.60 ± 0.17
0.59 ± 0.12


Cholesterol Ester (mmol/l)
FO
-
2.67 ± 0.29
1.88 ± 0.41
DT
0.0001


+
3.88 ± 0.71
1.98 ± 0.49
CHOL
0.0009

MIX
-
3.55 ± 0.61
4.34 ± 0.42
DT × DL
0.0001


+
4.33 ± 0.80
5.34 ± 0.96


Triacylglycerol (mmol/l)
FO
-
0.32 ± 0.03
0.44 ± 0.12
DT × DL
0.0400


+
0.39 ± 0.14
0.33 ± 0.10
DL × CHOL 0.0400


MIX
-
0.37 ± 0.03
0.32 ± 0.03




+
0.40 ± 0.09
0.30 ± 0.04


Phospholipids (mmol/l)
FO
-
0.57 ± 0.12
0.59 ± 0.16
DT
0.0001


+
1.62 ± 0.43
1.27 ± 0.23
DL
0.01

MIX
-
3.43 ± 0.26
2.91 ± 0.33
CHOL
0.0003


+
4.20 ± 0.45
4.67 ± 0.46
DT × DL
0.0005





DT × CHOL 0.05






DL × CHOL 0.0007


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