Table 6.
Effect of diets on serum metabolites
| Variable |
Treatment1 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| CON | SBO | LLO | SEM | |
| Free fatty acids (mmol/L) |
0.17c |
0.28b |
0.32a |
0.01 |
| Glucose (mmol/L) |
8.8b |
9.7a |
7.8c |
0.7 |
| Insulin (pmol/L) |
6.9b |
30.9a |
1.7c |
0.7 |
| Glucose: Insulin |
1.28b |
0.31c |
4.59a |
1.22 |
| Triglycerides (mmol/L) |
0.5c |
1.5a |
1.0b |
0.03 |
| C-reactive protein (mg/L) |
101.4a |
45.8b |
65.3b |
8.2 |
| Total Cholesterol (mmol/L) |
1.2b |
4.9a |
1.1b |
0.08 |
| HDL Cholesterol (mmol/L) |
0.31a |
0.14b |
0.25ab |
0.03 |
| LDL Cholesterol (mmol/L) | 0.8b | 4.7a | 0.9b | 0.05 |
1 Data are given as means and pooled SEM, n = 4 per treatment group unless noted otherwise. CON, control diet with no added oil; SBO, metabolic syndrome diet + 13% soybean oil; LLO, metabolic syndrome diet + 13% low α-linolenic soybean oil. a,b,cLabeled means in a row without a common superscript letter, P < 0.05.
HDL, high density lipoprotein; LDL, low density lipoprotein.