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. 2018 Apr 10;17:76. doi: 10.1186/s12944-018-0726-4

Table 4.

Effect of high-fat diet and flaxseed on lipid profile of controls and experimental rabbit groups*

Parameters CTRL LIN W86 CHOL
TC (mmol L−1)
 6 weeks 0.82 ± 0.18A 16.40 ± 3.27B 11.87 ± 2.28C 12.50 ± 5.29C
 10 weeks 0.79 ± 0.30A 15.66 ± 5.46B 12.17 ± 3.38C 13.53 ± 4.39D
non-HDL-C (mmol L− 1)
 6 weeks 0.40 ± 0.22Aa 15.79 ± 5.40B 11.27 ± 2.33Ca 11.81 ± 3.45C
 10 weeks 0.24 ± 0.15Ab 15.26 ± 6.28B 10.35 ± 2.29Cb 12.87 ± 4.92D
LDL-C (mmol L− 1)
 6 weeks 0.19 ± 0.05A 8.65 ± 3.59B 5.93 ± 1.36C 6.88 ± 2.06D
 10 weeks 0.23 ± 0.09A 8.21 ± 5.10B 6.27 ± 2.13C 7.01 ± 2.80C
HDL-C (mmol L−1)
 6 weeks 0.41 ± 0.14A 0.61 ± 0.16B 0.60 ± 0.10B 0.68 ± 0.26B
 10 weeks 0.56 ± 0.24A 0.59 ± 0.08A 0.57 ± 0.21A 0.67 ± 0.21B
VLDL-C (mmol L− 1)
 6 weeks 0.21 ± 0.22A 7.13 ± 2.22B 4.67 ± 2.36C 4.93 ± 1.59C
 10 weeks 0.15 ± 0.09A 5.97 ± 2.92B 3.96 ± 2.79C 5.36 ± 2.30B
TG (mmol L−1)
 6 weeks 0.74 ± 0.13Aa 1.02 ± 2.41B 0.74 ± 0.25A 1.48 ± 1.84B
 10 weeks 0.57 ± 0.16Ab 1.03 ± 0.27B 0.81 ± 0.21C 1.31 ± 0.29D

*Mean ± SD values within the same row sharing a different superscript letter (A, B, C, etc.) are significantly different (P < 0.05) but values within the same column not sharing a common uppercase superscript letter (a, b) differ significantly (P < 0.05)