Table 3.

Triacylglycerol (TG), Total Cholesterol (TC), High Density Lipoprotein - Cholesterol (HDL- C), insulin, adiponectin, adiponectin /sum of adipose tissue (SAT) concentrations during two treatment periods (30 days our 60 days) in the experimental groups

Parameters	30 Days of Treatment (n = 5-7 per group)				60 Days of Treatment (n = 11-13 per group)
	N S	NE	HFS	HFE	N S	NE	HFS	HFE
TG (mg/dL)	169.8 ± 19.1	166.8 ± 9.9	152.0 ± 8.5	137.6 ± 5.3	174.0 ± 16.1	184.0 ± 14.4	145.1 ± 5.4	136.6 ± 5.4**
TC (mg/dL)	174.7 ± 7.5	176.5 ± 5.0	155.7 ± 7.5*	181.6 ± 6.5$	176.7 ± 6.4	212.0 ± 11.4	194.9 ± 13.6	178.1 ± 8.6
HDL-C (mg/dL)	36.21 ± 2.2	40.99 ± 4.8	39.32 ± 4.5	36.89 ± 1.9	42.1 ± 1.3	44.4 ± 0.8	37.0 ± 1.0*	42.6 ± 1.7$
Insulin (ng/mL)	0.6 ± 0.1	0.5 ± 0.1	0.3 ± 0.04	0.4 ± 0.05	1.2 ± 0.2	1.0 ± 0.3	1.9 ± 0.2	0.8 ± 0.1$
Adiponectin (μg/mL)	-	-	-	-	3.4 ± 0.2	2.5 ± 0.2*	1.8 ± 0.2*	1.6 ± 0.1**
Adiponectin/SAT	-	-	-	-	99.8 ± 14.8	91.6 ± 8.6	30.1 ± 5.4*	33.9 ± 5.2$

Data are mean ± SEM (n = 5-8 per group); *Different from NS. **Different from NE. ^$Different from HFS.