Table 2.

Effect of dietary chitosan supplementation on total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, and LDL-cholesterol in plasma of young and aged rats

Parameters	Young rats			Aged rats
	Group Ia (control)	Group Ib (30 days)	Group Ic (60 days)	Group IIa (control)	Group IIb (30 days)	Group IIc (60 days)
Total cholesterol	79.9 ± 5.36 a,b	76.2 ± 4.98 a,b	73.1 ± 5.07 a	98.4 ± 9.12 c	91.7 ± 8.56 c	87.3 ± 8.21 b,c
HDL-cholesterol	42.2 ± 3.11 a,b,c	44.9 ± 3.48 b,c	47.5 ± 3.29 c	33.2 ± 2.68 d	36.4 ± 2.56 a	39.7 ± 3.74 a,b
LDL-cholesterol	24.3 ± 1.42 a	22.7 ± 1.31 a,b	20.3 ± 1.18 b	48.4 ± 2.72 c	43.1 ± 2.14 d	38.3 ± 2.27 e

Results are mean ± SD for six rats. Values expressed: total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, and LDL-cholesterol, milligrams per deciliter. Values that have a different letter (a, b, c, d, e, f) differ significantly with each other (P < 0.05; Duncan's multiple range test)