Table 1. Blood lipid measurement of control and high-cholesterol diet group of rats.

Rats fed high-cholesterol diet for 18–23 weeks show a distinct profile of blood lipids. Averaged level of cholesterol and low-density lipoproteins (LDL) is significantly increased, while high-density lipoproteins (HDL) remain unchanged. Blood lipid measurements represent averaged from 9 rats on control and 11 rats on high-cholesterol diet.

Blood lipid	Control diet	High-cholesterol diet
Cholesterol (mg/dL)	103.22±6.78	134.18±9.57*
LDL (mg/dL)	10.88±1.09	32.25±6.04**
HDL (mg/dL)	80.33±4.23	80.36±4.21

^*p<0.05,

^**p<0.01, when compared to control diet.