Table 4.

Low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) contents in blood samples.

LDL	0D	6D	18D	24D	30D	42D
A	22.33 ± 7.896	15.63 ± 4.228	28.45 ± 8.157	23.03 ± 3.350	16.94 ± 3.410	16.28 ± 3.567
B	26.23 ± 7.143	68.03 ± 24.60***	67.22 ± 13.45***	83.22 ± 21.49***	88.98 ± 32.26***	98.80 ± 35.21***
C	23.24 ± 6.831	51.57 ± 14.85***	70.48 ± 17.22***	89.36 ± 44.32***	114.1 ± 62.90***	92.35 ± 52.31***
D	18.56 ± 5.616	57.10 ± 17.34***	49.71 ± 14.07∗∗∗, ##	69.78 ± 20.54***	88.17 ± 19.97***	80.05 ± 29.15***
E	21.98 ± 3.974	47.85 ± 17.38∗∗∗, #	51.16 ± 9.723∗∗∗, ##	60.05 ± 21.35∗∗∗, #	98.18 ± 38.69***	74.29 ± 29.43***
F	19.76 ± 2.608	42.43 ± 16.61∗∗∗, ##	50.66 ± 12.67∗∗∗, ##,†	76.53 ± 43.37***	87.61 ± 48.40***	73.00 ± 32.86***
G	26.94 ± 6.340††	36.67 ± 13.89∗∗∗, ###,††	47.81 ± 14.72∗∗∗, ##	109.1 ± 44.91∗∗∗,†	97.41 ± 40.59***	70.91 ± 63.17*
H	23.69 ± 3.758	57.83 ± 17.86***	42.15 ± 21.41##	125.0 ± 41.28∗∗∗, ##,†††	98.78 ± 49.10***	81.14 ± 37.11***
I	19.82 ± 8.215	41.70 ± 13.06∗∗∗, ##	58.39 ± 17.87***	125.3 ± 48.83∗∗∗, #	83.46 ± 39.26***	61.13 ± 39.13∗∗, #
J	18.98 ± 13.67	30.55 ± 11.18∗∗∗, ###	45.82 ± 8.996∗∗∗, ###	88.52 ± 19.35***	113.9 ± 53.11***	64.00 ± 35.28***

Low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) contents were assayed by assay kits as described in the text.

Values were mean ± SD (n = 12) and expressed in mg/dL.

The * indicates a significant difference compared with control group, *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001.

The ^# indicates a significant difference compared with model group, ^# P < 0.05, ^## P < 0.01, ^### P < 0.001.

The ^† indicates a significant difference compared with PMR group (same dosage level, F compared with C, G compared to D, H compared to E), ^† P < 0.05, ^†† P < 0.01, ^††† P < 0.001.