Table 4.

Blood lipid profile in rats.

Indices	C	HF	HF + FS	HF + DFS	ANOVA p Value
Total cholesterol, mmol/L	1.90 ± 0.109	1.88 ± 0.126	1.91 ± 0.090	1.83 ± 0.073	NS
HDL cholesterol, mmol/L	0.615 ± 0.027 a	0.434 ± 0.042 b	0.521 ± 0.029 a,b	0.534 ± 0.025 a	<0.01
LDL cholesterol, mmol/L	0.129 ± 0.013	0.180 ± 0.016	0.159 ± 0.026	0.163 ± 0.009	NS
Triglycerides, mmol/L	0.848 ± 0.115	0.736 ± 0.077	0.740 ± 0.060	0.766 ± 0.060	NS

All values are expressed as the mean ± SEM (n = 8). Values not sharing the same superscript (^a,b) within a row are different at p ≤ 0.05. C: group fed a standard diet for laboratory rodents; HF: group fed a high saturated fat-containing diet; HF + FS: group fed a high saturated fat-containing diet supplemented with native flaxseeds; HF + DFS: group fed a high saturated fat-containing diet supplemented with defatted flaxseeds; ALT: serum activity of alanine transaminase; AST: serum activity of aspartate transaminase; NS: non-significant.