Table 1.

Blood lipids (mmol/l) and the ratio of TCHOL and HDL of animals prior to the experiment, week 5 and at week 10 (mean ± standard deviation, N = control, high cholesterol diet = 1% high cholesterol diet, ALA = 1% high cholesterol diet + 4.2 mg/kg alpha lipoic acid)

	TCHOL			HDL			TG			LDL			TC:HDL ratio
	N	HCD	ALA	N	HCD	ALA	N	HCD	ALA	N	HCD	ALA	N	HCD	ALA
Week zero (w0)	4.60 ± 0.22	3.83 ± 0.57	4.31 ± 0.32	1.23 ± 0.09	1.68 ± 0.18	1.66 ± 0.11	4.31 ± 0.22	4.57 ± 0.43	4.80 ± 0.35	1.38 ± 0.06	1.76 ± 1.03	1.35 ± 0.03	3.74 ± 0.11	2.28 ± 0.24	2.61 ± 0.22
Week 5 (w5)	4.55 ± 0.34	17.29 ± 4.05	22.22 ± 2.30	1.40 ± 0.17	1.39 ± 0.19	1.70 ± 0.09	4.12 ± 0.12	4.77 ± 0.36	4.40 ± 0.22	1.13 ± 0.06	14.54 ± 4.06	17.39 ± 0.96	3.27 ± 0.16	12.79 ± 3.78	3.27 ± 2.08
Week 10 (w10)	6.65 ± 0.10	33.16 ± 4.03	21.52 ± 2.80	1.33 ± 0.08	1.32 ± 0.12	1.63 ± 0.11	4.14 ± 0.09	4.86 ± 0.32	4.65 ± 0.28	2.44 ± 0.08	30.43 ± 3.98	15.72 ± 0.74	4.26 ± 0.20	25.65 ± 4.45	13.23 ± 0.92