Table 7.

Correlation analyses of factors to affect plasma and liver cholesterol concentrations in rats fed dietary proteins.

Variable		Slope	Intercept	Correlation Coefficient
X (independent)	Y (Dependent)
Fecal nitrogen excretion	Plasma cholesterol	−0.0012	1.547	0.7586 *
Fecal neutral sterol excretion	Plasma cholesterol	−0.0024	1.568	0.7451 *
Apparent protein digestibility	Plasma cholesterol	0.0168	0.151	0.7357 *
Fecal nitrogen excretion	Liver cholesterol	−0.0247	16.961	0.9154 *
Fecal neutral sterol excretion	Liver cholesterol	−0.0450	17.177	0.8629 *
Apparent protein digestibility	Liver cholesterol	0.3396	17.285	0.9025 *

^*P < 0.01.