Table 7.

Effect of high-fat diets differing in Zn concentration and fat source on plasma and liver lipid concentrations (Experiment 2)

Zinc (μg/g diet)		7	100	7	100	100	ANOVAd
Fat source		BT	BT	SF	SF	SF	p values
Feeding protocole		AL	RF	AL	RF	AL	Zn	Fat	Zn × Fat
Plasma lipids
Triglycerides (mg/dL plasma)	M	95.6	101.8	48.1a	60.4a	76.4a	NS	<0.001	NS
	SD	15.6	31.5	14.6	33.7	32.3
Cholesterol (mg/dL plasma)	M	85.5	84.4	72.4a	92.5a	89.6a	NS	NS	NS
	SD	9.4	17.0	13.2	14.3	19.2
HDL-Cholesterol (mg/dL plasma)	M	44.4	39.6	46.0a	51.1a	58.1a	NS	NS	NS
	SD	8.3	7.7	6.6	11.8	13.8
Liver lipids
Total lipids (mg/g fresh wt)	M	51.4	50.9	64.4a	71.0ab	82.7b	NS	<0.001	NS
	SD	9.5	5.4	7.7	8.4	12.8
Triglycerides (mg/g fresh wt)	M	16.2	16.8	19.7a	25.6a	35.0b	NS	<0.05	NS
	SD	6.4	4.7	5.9	6.9	11.7
Cholesterolc (mg/g fresh wt)	M	2.53	2.37	4.67a	4.65a	5.21a	NS	<0.001	NS
	SD	0.47	0.08	0.80	0.53	0.72
Phospholipids (mg/g fresh wt)	M	25.4	24.4	28.5a	27.3a	26.6a	NS	<0.001	NS
	SD	1.8	2.5	1.3	0.7	1.8

NS not significant, SD standard deviation

^{a, b}Group means (M) with different superscript letters among SF diets significantly differ (p < 0.05; Tukey test)

^cANOVA after ln transformation of the data

^dBifactorial ANOVA (without group fed SF diet with 100 μg Zn/g ad libitum)

^eFeeding protocol: AL ad libitum, RF restricted-fed