Table 1.

Total daily cholesterol input calculated as the sum of daily absorbed cholesterol and cholesterol synthesis measured by the cholesterol balance method. Original data have been published [1].

Treatment	Chol synthesis	Absorbed dietary chol	Total chol input
	mg/day	mg/day	mg/day
PLAC	868 ± 358	162 ± 51	1004 ± 312
EZE	1846 ± 737∗∗∗	66 ± 41∗∗∗	1821 ± 474∗∗∗
SIMVA	747 ± 295	159 ± 59	899 ± 290∗
EZE + SIMVA	1607 ± 648∗∗∗	76 ± 37∗∗∗	1616 ± 493∗∗∗

^∗∗∗ p < 0.0001, ^∗p < 0.01.