TABLE 1.

Body weight and plasma biochemical parameters after an overnight fast in hamsters fed a control chow or chow + 0.3% cholesterol diet over 4 weeks

	Chow	Chow + 0.3% Cholesterol
Body weight (g)	113.2 ± 1.7	116.9 ± 1.5
Fasted blood glucose (mg/dl)	82.5 ± 3.0	96.0 ± 2.4***
Total cholesterol (g/l)	1.31 ± 0.06	2.87 ± 0.10***
HDL-cholesterol (g/l)	0.95 ± 0.05	1.67 ± 0.11***
Non-HDL-cholesterol (g/l)	0.36 ± 0.03	1.20 ± 0.09***
HDL-cholesterol/total cholesterol	0.72 ± 0.02	0.58 ± 0.03***
Triglycerides (g/l)	1.06 ± 0.05	1.39 ± 0.12*
Free fatty acids (mmol/l)	0.66 ± 0.07	0.68 ± 0.04
CETP activity (pmol/h/µl)	5.37 ± 0.36	7.14 ± 0.61**
PLTP activity (pmol/min/µl)	0.75 ± 0.02	1.36 ± 0.02***
LCAT activity (AU)	7.74 ± 0.13	8.39 ± 0.13**
HL activity (pmol/min/ml)	3.66 ± 0.14	3.96 ± 0.31

Mean ± SEM, n = 8 per group, *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001 vs. chow.