Table 6.

Effects of MLE on serum biochemical indices.

Items	Control group	HELP groups with MLE levels (%)					SEM	P-value
		0.00	0.04	0.40	0.80	1.20		A	L	Q
TC (mmol/L)	3.72a	4.87bc	5.19c	3.67a	4.32ab	4.12ab	0.09	<0.001	0.001	<0.001
TG (mmol/L)	19.81a	26.59c	27.59c	21.69b	19.86a	18.48a	0.44	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
FFA (μmol/L)	361.54a	598.86d	549.34c	568.03cd	466.06b	431.56b	13.73	<0.001	0.020	0.043
HDL (mmol/L)	0.92	0.87	0.90	0.89	0.93	0.92	0.02	0.656	0.468	0.659
LDL (mmol/L)	0.73b	1.01d	0.84c	0.75b	0.69ab	0.66a	0.02	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
VLDL (μmol/L)	409.03a	720.46d	685.87c	663.33c	641.37c	475.59b	18.55	<0.001	0.011	0.006
ADP (ng/mL)	846.53a	1646.03d	1244.71c	1362.60c	1370.13c	1025.33b	44.47	<0.001	0.063	0.063
LEP (ng/mL)	5.62a
	14.40d	11.98c	12.47c	9.35b	11.73c	0.48	<0.001	0.224	0.281
AST (U/L)	50.92a	80.32d	70.22c	66.92bc	63.39b	64.75b	1.46	<0.001	0.264	0.480
ALT (U/L)	9.39ab	12.76c	11.99c	9.92b	8.56a	9.62ab	0.25	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001

^a,b,cDifferent letters in each row indicate a significant difference (P < 0.05).