Table 3.

Serum lipid profile and hepatic lipid contents

	0 % n-3	1 % n-3	2 % n-3	0 % n-3 + E2	1 % n-3 + E2	2 % n-3 + E2
Serum
Triglyceride (mmol/L)	0.64 ± 0.02	0.57 ± 0.03†	0.49 ± 0.02†,††	0.57 ± 0.01*	0.49 ± 0.00†,*	0.44 ± 0.01†,††,*
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	2.68 ± 0.12	2.46 ± 0.04†	2.16 ± 0.05†,††	2.68 ± 0.07	2.41 ± 0.06†	2.13 ± 0.07†,††
HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)	0.66 ± 0.03	0.68 ± 0.03	0.65 ± 0.02	1.05 ± 0.04*	1.06 ± 0.04*	1.06 ± 0.02*
LDL cholesterol (mmol/L)	1.62 ± 0.10	1.38 ± 0.06†	1.10 ± 0.06†,††	1.54 ± 0.09	1.24 ± 0.02†	0.91 ± 0.04†,††
Liver
Triglyceride (mg/g liver)	65.13 ± 4.39	55.48 ± 4.18†	45.86 ± 3.99†,††	25.15 ± 2.19*	15.02 ± 1.03†,*	14.22 ± 0.98†,*
Total cholesterol (mg/g liver)	61.14 ± 1.13	56.78 ± 1.69†	53.82 ± 0.65†	51.08 ± 1.82*	45.70 ± 0.98†,*	44.46 ± 0.76†,*

Values are mean ± SEM; 0, 1, and 2 % n-3, 0 % 1 %, and 2 % EPA + DHA diet with corn oil injection; 0, 1, and 2 % n-3 + E₂, 0, 1 and 2 % EPA + DHA diet with 17β-estradiol-3-benzoate injection

* Values are significantly different (P < 0.05) between corn oil and E₂ injection for diets containing the same amount of n-3 PUFA

^†Values are significantly different (P < 0.05) among 0, 1, and 2 % n-3 within the corn oil- and E₂-injected groups

^††Values are significantly different (P < 0.05) between 1 % and 2 % n-3 within the corn oil- and E₂-injected groups