Table 2

Fasting lipid profiles in subject groups

Parameter
CTL
HYPER
HYPO
ANOVA

N
30
46
23
<0.0001
TG (mmol/L)
1.14 ± 0.12
0.73 ± 0.06**,†††
1.74 ± 0.09***
<0.0001
TChol (mmol/L)
4.58 ± 0.15
2.72 ± 0.14***,†††
6.16 ± 0.24***
<0.0001
LDL-C (mmol/L)
2.40 ± 0.16
1.41 ± 0.09***,†††
3.66 ± 0.18***
<0.0001
HDL-C (mmol/L)
1.56 ± 0.06
0.99 ± 0.04***
1.74 ± 0.07†††
<0.0001
NEFA (mmol/L)
0.361 ± 0.03
0.617 ± 0.05***
0.425 ± 0.03†††
<0.0001

Results are expressed as average ± SEM for the four groups indicated as control (CTL), hyperthyroid (HYPER) and hypothyroid (HYPO) where TG = plasma triglyceride, TChol = total cholesterol, LDL-C = LDL cholesterol, HDL-C = HDL cholesterol and NEFA = non-esterified fatty acids. Significance was calculated by ANOVA with Bonferroni post-hoc test where differences vs. control (CTL) group are indicated as *P < 0.05,**P < 0.01,***P < 0.001; and differences between hyperthyroid and hypothyroid are indicated as p < 0.05, ††p < 0.01, †††p < 0.001.

Yu et al. Nutrition & Metabolism 2006 3:13   doi:10.1186/1743-7075-3-13