Table 1.

Plasma total cholesterol (TC), LDL cholesterol and HDL cholesterol levels (mg/dl ± S.E.M.) of HFD hamster ± DZ4w with respect to both CTRL (*) and to group exposed to HFD alone (letters). Statistical calculations were handled as reported in the Fig. legend 1

mg/dl ± SEM	CTRL	HFD	HFD + DZ
HDL cholesterol	63 ± 7	84 ± 11*	96 ± 9
LDL cholesterol	89 ± 9	258 ± 26***	67 ± 7b
TC (cholesterol)	117 ± 12	270 ± 28***	175 ± 20a