Table 1. Whole body and tissue cholesterol levels in ground squirrels.

	Spring Fast	Summer Fast	Late Torpor
Whole body	12.64±1.06	9.82±0.49	10.78±0.46
Liver	23.99±7.88	21.52±1.08	18.16±0.65
Intestine	12.96±0.55	15.86±0.50	17.53±1.4
Brain	6.19±3.58	5.69±3.29	7.22±2.95*
Plasma	293.85±31.97	250.17±33.79	511.21±33.90*

Values are means ± s.e.m. n = 3 for spring and summer; n = 6 for late torpor,

*indicates late torpor is different from spring and summer in the same row. Cholesterol units are mg/g body mass for whole body, mg/g tissue mass for organs and mg/dl for plasma.