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. 2012 Jan 29;2012:282383. doi: 10.1155/2012/282383

Table 1.

Effect of TFA and combination vitamins on lipid profiles in cholesterol-fed rabbits (mmol/L).

Groups Week 0
TC HDL-C LDL-C TG
A 0.83 ± 0.34 0.46 ± 0.26 0.22 ± 0.15 0.69 ± 0.15
B 0.77 ± 0.35 0.55 ± 0.23 0.30 ± 0.23 0.71 ± 0.23
C 0.81 ± 0.27 0.53 ± 0.27 0.27 ± 0.16 0.53 ± 0.12
D 0.88 ± 0.35 0.49 ± 0.19 0.29 ± 0.23 0.63 ± 0.19
E 0.80 ± 0.23 0.48 ± 0.16 0.22 ± 0.12 0.43 ± 0.19

Groups Week 4
TC HDL-C LDL-C TG

A 0.82 ± 0.37 0.35 ± 0.11 0.18 ± 0.11 0.49 ± 0.15
B 34.36 ± 12.94 0.76 ± 0.39 30.91 ± 9.53 1.20 ± 0.62
C 15.06 ± 11.50▾‡ 0.81 ± 0.35Δ 14.48 ± 10.73Δ‡ 0.79 ± 0.35
D 23.96 ± 9.61 0.67 ± 0.19 21.97 ± 9.06 0.86 ± 0.47
E 12.73 ± 4.96▾‡ 0.55 ± 0.12 12.85 ± 5.15▲‡ 0.89 ± 0.27

Groups Week 8
TC HDL-C LDL-C TG

A 0.76 ± 0.34 0.42 ± 0.23 0.22 ± 0.11 0.53 ± 0.19
B 36.55 ± 18.86 0.71 ± 0.39 43.14 ± 17.08 1.52 ± 0.97
C 26.04 ± 17.39 1.34 ± 1.20 27.47 ± 21.11 1.25 ± 0.47
D 29.55 ± 14.49 0.72 ± 0.23 27.18 ± 13.87 1.05 ± 0.39
E 22.16 ± 13.52 0.90 ± 0.43 21.54 ± 9.33▾∗ 1.36 ± 0.78

Groups Week 12
TC HDL-C LDL-C TG

A 0.81 ± 0.34 0.40 ± 0.11 0.24 ± 0.15 0.52 ± 0.34
B 57.14 ± 14.18 0.86 ± 0.31 46.02 ± 23.55 2.39 ± 2.09Δ
C 31.55 ± 15.88▾† 1.77 ± 0.62 35.30 ± 18.28 1.77 ± 0.81▲∗
D 37.57 ± 16.96▾∗ 1.37 ± 1.36 35.70 ± 17.31 2.21 ± 1.12
E 37.92 ± 19.25▾∗ 2.35 ± 1.36∆† 37.14 ± 18.55 2.08 ± 0.97

Group A (n = 14) received normal chow; group B (n = 15) high-cholesterol diet; group C (n = 15) high-cholesterol diet plus vitamin E + C; group D and E (n = 15 each) high-cholesterol diet plus TFA (60 or 120 mg/day, resp.). Data expressed as  mean ± SD. Δ P < 0.01, P < 0.001 compared with group A. *P < 0.05, P < 0.05, P < 0.01 compared with group B.