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. 2013 Dec 23;8(12):e82530. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082530

Figure 4. Synthesis of cholesterol determined from whole-body and hepatic free cholesterol (FC) and cholesteryl ester (CE) fractions at fasting and postprandial timepoints.

Figure 4

Fasting FC-FSR was 7.3±0.8% in Control subjects compared to 8.3±1.2% in diabetic subjects (P = 0.65), VLDL-FC-FSR was 8.1±0.8% vs. 8.2±2.0% (P = 0.72), and CE-FSR was 2.0±0.3% vs. 1.9±0.3% (P = 0.93) (A). Postprandial FC-FSR (B) at 4 h (1.8±0.9% vs. 2.2±1.1%, P = 0.36) and 8 h (2.8±1.3% vs. 2.9±1.5%, P = 0.65) was similar between groups, as was CE-FSR (C) at 4 h (0.11±0.12% vs. 0.31±0.37%, P = 0.37) and 8 h (0.37±0.24% vs. 0.33±0.34%, P = 0.71). Black bars, control non-diabetic subjects; white bars, type 1 diabetic subjects; data presented as mean ± SEM.