Table 4.
Serum tests for krill oil diet-fed mice. Six treated and six control 16-month-old mice of the same sex and strain used in the life span studies were fed the krill oil supplemented diet for 11 weeks prior to bleeding by heart puncture
| Testa | Control | Krill oil | P valueb |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alanine aminotransferase (U/L) | 45.6 ± 29.8 | 29.3 ± 7.7 | 0.251 |
| Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L) | 106.8 ± 31.2 | 110.7 ± 17.7 | 0.798 |
| Alkaline phosphatase (U/L) | 73.1 ± 15.2 | 72.9 ± 9.1 | 0.982 |
| Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL) | 18.7 ± 2.4 | 19.9 ± 2.4 | 0.408 |
| Cholesterol (mg/dL) | 186.4 ± 43.4 | 187.7 ± 34.7 | 0.957 |
| Creatinine (mg/dL) | 0.052 ± 0.017 | 0.055 ± 0.017 | 0.817 |
| High-density lipoprotein (mg/dL) | 175.9 ± 39.4 | 179.8 ± 34.4 | 0.860 |
| Low-density lipoprotein (mg/dL) | 28.1 ± 14.0 | 27.8 ± 10.9 | 0.963 |
| Total bilirubin (mg/dL) | 0.081 ± 0.011 | 0.115 ± 0.029 | 0.034 |
| Total protein (g/dL) | 6.40 ± 0.63 | 6.44 ± 0.73 | 0.921 |
| Triglyceride (mg/dL) | 72.0 ± 14.8 | 95.9 ± 14.8 | 0.021 |
| Glucose, non-fasting (mg/dL) | 111.3 ± 33.9 | 158.0 ± 23.5 | 0.024 |
aBlood glucose levels were measured with the FreeStyle Lite Blood Glucose Monitoring System (Abbot Laboratories). The other blood tests were performed by the Comparative Pathology Laboratory, University of California, Davis
bCalculated using two-sample t tests