Table 1.

Cholesterol content of plasma and liver in hamsters on different diets

	Cholesterol content of plasma or liver
	Control diet	0.25% Cholesterol	0.5% Cholesterol	Lovastatin/Colestipol
Plasma (mg/dl)	162  ±  12	220  ±  12*	306  ±  30*	129  ±  7.8*
Liver (mg/g)	2.0  ±  0.03	13.0  ±  0.80*	13.4  ±  0.24*	1.9  ±  0.05

Five female hamsters were fed the indicated diet for 12 days (same animals as in Figs. 2, 3, and 6). Each value represents the mean ± SEM of five animals. 

^*P < 0.01 (Student’s t test); compared with control diet.