Table 3. Total amount of fat (g), cholesterol (mg) and triglyceride (mg) in liver and plasma cholesterol concentration (mmol/L) in rats fed the four test diets with low-fat or high-fat content for 2 weeks (means ± SEM, n = 7).

		Fat content	Cholesterol	Triglyceride	Cholesterol
Fat	Diet	Liver (g)	Liver (mg)	Liver (mg)	Plasma (mmol/L)
Low	Fibre-free	0.31±0.03a	79±3a	168±19a	2.9±0.1
	Pectin	0.23±0.02b	65±6ab	128±10ab	3.0±0.1
	Guar gum	0.24±0.01ab	65±3ab	112±5b	2.8±0.07
	Mixture	0.23±0.01b	63±1b	106±2b	2.7±0.08
High	Fibre-free	1.59±0.1a***	422±26a***	503±52a***	4.0±0.2a***
	Pectin	0.86±0.05b***	252±13b***	204±12b**	3.3±0.1b
	Guar gum	1.10±0.1b***	327±26b***	296±25b***	3.4±0.1b**
	Mixture	0.90±0.02b***	293±17b***	282±14b***	3.8±0.1ab***

^a,bMean values within a column, for different fat levels, with unlike superscripts are significantly different (P<0.05).

Mean values were significantly different from those of rats fed the corresponding low-fat diet: * P<0.05, ** P<0.01, ***P<0.001.